Edited by Steven W. Floyd, Isenberg Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Bill Wooldridge, Professor, Isenberg School of Management, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US

• Contents:IntroductionSteven W. Floyd and Bill WooldridgePart I: The Unit of Analysis 1. The Role of Middle and Top Managers in the Strategy ProcessXavier Castañer and Howard Yu2. Functions of the MezzanineAnurag Sharma3. Some Middle Managers are More Influential Than Others: An Approach for Identifying Strategic Influence Bill Wooldridge and Steven W. FloydPart II: Explorations of Existing Theory4. The Role of Issue Selling in Effective Strategy MakingSusan J. Ashford, Madeline Ong, Gareth D. Keeves5. Strategy-as-Practice Research on Middle Managers and SensemakingJuila Balogun and Linda Rouleau6. Middle Managers’ Emotion Management in the Strategy ProcessQuy Nguyen Huy and Yidi Guo7. Middle Managers: The Lynchpins in the Corporate Entrepreneurship ProcessDonald F. KuratkoPart III: Theoretical Developments8. Developing Theory about the Development of TheoryHenry Mintzberg9. Complex Strategic Integration at Nike: Strategy Process and Strategy-as-Practice CombinedRobert A. Burgelman10. A Conceptual Framework of Middle Managers’ Strategic Role Flexibility Ruifang Wang, Patrick T. Gibbons, Ciaran Heavey11. Mintzberg’s Pattern: Middle Managers in Polyphonic Strategy ProcessSaku Mantere12. Middle Management Engagement in Strategic Planning Routines: A Mindfulness PerspectiveCarola WolfPart IV: Methodological Alternatives13. Middle Management and Strategy Process: Toward a Pluralistic Theory of PowerTorsten Schmid14. Measuring the Middle: The Use of Social Network Analysis in Middle Management ResearchDavid G. Cohen and Sudhir Nair15. Choreographies We Strategize By: Using Video Methodology in the Study of EmbodimentPhilip GylfePart V: Empirical Explorations16. A Psychological Perspective on Middle Managers’ Strategic Championing BehaviorNüfer Yasin Ates, Murat Tarakci, Yoojung Ahn, Steven W. Floyd and Bill Wooldridge17. The Knowledge Brokering Role of Middle Managers: The Case of Hybrid Middle Managers in a Professionalalized OrganizationGraeme Currie and Nicola Burgess18. Middle Managers and Corporate Entrepreneurship: Unpacking Strategic Roles and Assessing Performance ImplicationsJohanna Mair 19. The Interface of Top and Middle Managers: Taking Stock and Moving ForwardAnneloes M. L. Raes and Koen van VlijmenIndex

’Floyd and Wooldridge's edited volume is a literal tour de force that guides the reader through the "wilds" of middle manager strategy process research. Chapters from top scholars examine all aspects of this complex field: from reviewing and updating its foundations; to evaluating current conflicts, gaps and methods; to identifying new, insightful theoretical and empirical directions that illuminate exciting paths forward. The Handbook of Middle Management Strategy Process Research is an essential source for newly minted scholars, who should read it straight through, and for "old hands" at strategy process who want the very latest thinking.'