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Reconsidering the Moral Dimension of Managerial Authority: a Review and an Integrative Research Agenda

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Bernacchio, Caleb, Foss, Nicolai·2024·Academy of Management Annals
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Managerial authority is a fundamental concept within organizational and management research, often understood as a defining feature of organizations. However, far-reaching questions have been raised about its legitimacy as well as its effectiveness as a mechanism of coordination under modern productive conditions. Moreover, there are substantial disagreements concerning its function, characteristic activities, and basis of legitimacy, yet no comprehensive review of this notion exists. We perform such a review, focusing especially on issues of legitimacy and function, and how they are related to the moral dimension of managerial authority. In our review, we identified two distinct approaches to managerial authority, namely, bureaucratic theories and efficiency-based theories, each involving several variations (five and three, respectively). Drawing together themes from our review, we argue further that, given the many challenges facing managerial authority in a contemporary context, there is a need for an integrative theory of authority that both identifies complementarities between the differing dimensions of authority and gives the moral dimension a fundamental role. We outline such a theory and a related research agenda.

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Authors
Bernacchio, C., & Foss, N.
Affiliations
  • California State University, Monterey Bay (US)
  • Copenhagen Business School (DK)
Corresponding author
Bernacchio, Caleb
ORCID
Venue
Academy of Management Annals
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2024
Volume
18
Issue
2
Pages
435-472
ISSN
1941-6067 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2139/ssrn.4736313
OpenAlex
W4391885468
Cited by
17
References
3
Citations by year
2026: 12 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 1
FWCI
8.54
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Academy of Management Annals (publishedVersion)
  • SSRN Electronic Journal (acceptedVersion)
  • CBS Research Portal (Copenhagen Business School) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management Theory and Practice
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Organizational Studies
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
Keywords
managerial authority, legitimacy of authority, bureaucracy theory, organizational coordination, research agenda

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