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  • 1.  micromanagement construct

    Posted 03-07-2016 15:39
    Greetings:

    I assign my management students an annotated bibliography of empirical research on the management topic of their choice. Several students are interested in the idea of micromanaging. 

    What are the research construct(s) that most closely describe micromanagement? Searching on the term micromanage in the psych and management databases seems to yield primarily popular business literature. 

    Delegation?
    Supervisor control?
    Autonomy?

    Thanks,

    Miriam Matteson
    Associate Professor, Kent State University
    School of Library and Information Science


  • 2.  micromanagement construct

    Posted 03-07-2016 23:45

    Close monitoring comes to mind. Lois Tetrick and Larry James did some work on this if my memory is working correctly.

    Jeremy

    On Mar 7, 2016 6:11 PM, "Matteson, Miriam" <mmattes1@kent.edu> wrote:
    Greetings:

    I assign my management students an annotated bibliography of empirical research on the management topic of their choice. Several students are interested in the idea of micromanaging. 

    What are the research construct(s) that most closely describe micromanagement? Searching on the term micromanage in the psych and management databases seems to yield primarily popular business literature. 

    Delegation?
    Supervisor control?
    Autonomy?

    Thanks,

    Miriam Matteson
    Associate Professor, Kent State University
    School of Library and Information Science


  • 3.  micromanagement construct

    Posted 03-08-2016 01:55
    Actually one could argue that micro-management arises as a result of a personality or psychological conditions (state not trait so much). This could be an interesting avenue of exploration causes and correlates...for example:

    Anxiety and narrowing of attention

    Locus of control
    Fenton-O'Creevy, Mark; Nigel Nicholson, Emma Soane, Paul Willman (2003), "Trading on illusions: Unrealistic perceptions of control and trading performance", Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology(British Psychological Society) 76: 53–68,

    Self-esteem

    On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 11:39 PM, Matteson, Miriam <mmattes1@kent.edu> wrote:
    Greetings:

    I assign my management students an annotated bibliography of empirical research on the management topic of their choice. Several students are interested in the idea of micromanaging. 

    What are the research construct(s) that most closely describe micromanagement? Searching on the term micromanage in the psych and management databases seems to yield primarily popular business literature. 

    Delegation?
    Supervisor control?
    Autonomy?

    Thanks,

    Miriam Matteson
    Associate Professor, Kent State University
    School of Library and Information Science



  • 4.  micromanagement construct

    Posted 03-08-2016 06:53
    Hi Miriam, 

    There are a few options that may be relevant. 

    1. There is the idea of close monitoring (George & Zhou, 2001; Zhou, 2003) which probably comes closest to what you're interested in. 
    2. Autonomy of the subordinates (Kirkman & Rosen, 1997 / 1999)
    3. There is also manager solicitation, although that is more specific to solicitation of input from the subordinates (Fast, Burris, & Bartel, 2014)

    Fast, N. J., Burris, E. R., & Bartel, C. A. (2014). Managing to stay in the dark: Managerial self-efficacy, ego defensiveness, and the aversion to employee voice. Academy of Management Journal, 57(4), 1013-1034.
    George, J. M., & Zhou, J. (2001). When openness to experience and conscientiousness are related to creative behavior: an interactional approach. Journal of applied psychology, 86(3), 513.
    Kirkman, B. L., & Rosen, B. (1997). A model of work team empowerment.Research in organizational change and development, 10, 131-167.
    Kirkman, B. L., & Rosen, B. (1999). Beyond self-management: Antecedents and consequences of team empowerment. Academy of Management journal,42(1), 58-74.
    Zhou, J. (2003). When the presence of creative coworkers is related to creativity: role of supervisor close monitoring, developmental feedback, and creative personality. Journal of applied psychology, 88(3), 413.

    Hope these help.
    Ninja

    On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 2:39 PM, Matteson, Miriam <mmattes1@kent.edu> wrote:
    Greetings:

    I assign my management students an annotated bibliography of empirical research on the management topic of their choice. Several students are interested in the idea of micromanaging. 

    What are the research construct(s) that most closely describe micromanagement? Searching on the term micromanage in the psych and management databases seems to yield primarily popular business literature. 

    Delegation?
    Supervisor control?
    Autonomy?

    Thanks,

    Miriam Matteson
    Associate Professor, Kent State University
    School of Library and Information Science



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    PhD Candidate in Management
    McCombs School of Business
    The University of Texas at Austin

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  • 5.  micromanagement construct

    Posted 03-08-2016 12:33
    Miriam, I am not sure that it would be helpful, but I just completed my dissertation on employee empowerment and I have a small section on micromanagement. In my work, autonomy defines empowerment and the opposite of that is micromanagement, so it is used in that context. It is not in context of defining micromanagement or what causes it, etc. Let me know if that would be useful for you. I have found there is not as much empirical on the topic, but much in the practitioner world. Good luck! ~Kerry

    Kerry Mitchell, PhD

    On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 1:39 PM, Matteson, Miriam <mmattes1@kent.edu> wrote:
    Greetings:

    I assign my management students an annotated bibliography of empirical research on the management topic of their choice. Several students are interested in the idea of micromanaging. 

    What are the research construct(s) that most closely describe micromanagement? Searching on the term micromanage in the psych and management databases seems to yield primarily popular business literature. 

    Delegation?
    Supervisor control?
    Autonomy?

    Thanks,

    Miriam Matteson
    Associate Professor, Kent State University
    School of Library and Information Science



  • 6.  micromanagement construct

    Posted 03-08-2016 18:25
    Hi Miriam,

    A closely related topic is electronic performance monitoring. There is an excellent (and very readable) current article, "The spy who fired me: The human cost of workplace monitoring," by Esther Kaplan in Harper's Magazine (March 2015) pp.31-40. I will attach the article to this email. You are welcome to read the dozen or so studies we have done in this area by visiting my web site listed below.

    Best,
    Jack Aiello

    John R. Aiello, Professor                         
    Department of Psychology                      
    Rutgers - The State University                 
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    http://rci.rutgers.edu/~jraiello/
    Office # 848--445-2592

    On Mon, Mar 7, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Matteson, Miriam <mmattes1@kent.edu> wrote:
    Greetings:

    I assign my management students an annotated bibliography of empirical research on the management topic of their choice. Several students are interested in the idea of micromanaging. 

    What are the research construct(s) that most closely describe micromanagement? Searching on the term micromanage in the psych and management databases seems to yield primarily popular business literature. 

    Delegation?
    Supervisor control?
    Autonomy?

    Thanks,

    Miriam Matteson
    Associate Professor, Kent State University
    School of Library and Information Science



  • 7.  micromanagement construct

    Posted 03-09-2016 14:48

    Dear Miriam,

     

    In Shaw et al.'s (2011, LQ) article, they identify micromanaging as one of the dimensions of destructive leadership, along with other dimensions. Perhaps this is worth looking into?

     

    Hope this helps,

    Bart.  

     

    Van: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] Namens Matteson, Miriam
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    Greetings:

     

    I assign my management students an annotated bibliography of empirical research on the management topic of their choice. Several students are interested in the idea of micromanaging. 

     

    What are the research construct(s) that most closely describe micromanagement? Searching on the term micromanage in the psych and management databases seems to yield primarily popular business literature. 

     

    Delegation?

    Supervisor control?

    Autonomy?

     

    Thanks,

     

    Miriam Matteson

    Associate Professor, Kent State University

    School of Library and Information Science



  • 8.  micromanagement construct

    Posted 03-10-2016 09:16
    I finally dug up the citations for the two articles I was thinking of. These go back a bit further in time and might help with any forward search you are doing.

    Tetrick, L. E. (1989). The motivating potential of leader behaviors: A comparison of two models. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 19, 947-958.

    James, L. R., Hater, J. J., & Jones, A. (1981). Perceptions of psychological influence: A cognitive information processing approach for explaining moderated relationships. Personnel Psychology, 34, 453-477.


    On Mar 9, 2016, at 2:48 PM, Jong, B.A. de <bart.de.jong@VU.NL> wrote:

    Dear Miriam,
     
    In Shaw et al.'s (2011, LQ) article, they identify micromanaging as one of the dimensions of destructive leadership, along with other dimensions. Perhaps this is worth looking into?
     
    Hope this helps,
    Bart.  
     
    Van: Organizational Behavior Division Listserv [mailto:OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] Namens Matteson, Miriam
    Verzonden: Monday, March 0    7, 2016 9:39 PM
    Aan: OB@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
    Onderwerp: [OB-LIST] micromanagement construct
     
    Greetings:
     
    I assign my management students an annotated bibliography of empirical research on the management topic of their choice. Several students are interested in the idea of micromanaging. 
     
    What are the research construct(s) that most closely describe micromanagement? Searching on the term micromanage in the psych and management databases seems to yield primarily popular business literature. 
     
    Delegation?
    Supervisor control?
    Autonomy?
     
    Thanks,
     
    Miriam Matteson
    Associate Professor, Kent State University
    School of Library and Information Science



  • 9.  micromanagement construct

    Posted 03-10-2016 13:04

    Following up on the question about micromanagement from Miriam Matteson...

     

    I am aware of two examples of micromanagement constructs/measures...

     

    Rooney, J. A., & Gottlieb, B. H. (2007). Development and initial validation of a measure of supportive and unsupportive managerial behaviors. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 71(2), 186.

     

    Has a micromanaging dimension. Those items are...

     

    1.            Overrides decisions I make. (MM)

    2.            When reviewing my work, focuses more on negative things than positive things. (MM)

    3.            Tells me that he or she would have handled work-related tasks differently. (MM)

    4.            When I make decisions or perform tasks, he or she second guesses them. (MM)

    5.            Limits my participation in meetings. (MM)

    6.            Gets visibly upset when I don't do things correctly (MM)

     

    Shaw, J. B., Erickson, A., & Harvey, M. (2011). A method for measuring destructive leadership and identifying types of destructive leaders in organizations. The Leadership Quarterly, 22(4), 575-590.

     

    Also has a micromanagement dimension (Factor 4)

     

    Those items are

     

    1.      My boss is a micro-manager

    2.      My boss attempts to exert total control over everyone

    3.      My boss is autocratic

    4.      My boss does NOT trust others to do tasks properly

    5.      My boss wants to dominate/control everything

    6.      My boss does not show trust in subordinates by assigning them important tasks

    7.      My boss does not share power with the people with whom he or she works

     

     

    Hope that helps.

     

    JDM

     

    Jeremy D. Meuser

    PhD Candidate

    Department of Managerial Studies

    University of Illinois at Chicago