Participative Management's Influence On Effective Strategic Diffusion

Abstract

Recent research has highlighted the importance of middle and lower levelmanagers in strategy formulation in ensuring that the strategy effectively "diffuses"throughout the organization. However, the question remains as to whetherprevailing participative management styles in an organization can enhance thisprocess. The present study suggests that the propensity of managers to employparticipative management styles was found to positively influence the degree towhich strategies were perceived as part of the organization.