1. 1. This paper may be seen as a development of the ideas formulated in M.Poole and R.Mansfield (ed), Managerial Roles in Industrial Relations. Gower, Farnborough, 1980 and also from data based on a major national sample of British managers carried out in the Department of Business Administration and Accountancy at the University of Wales Institute of Science and Technology in conjunction with the British Institute of Management. The two main works in which further details may be obtained are R. Mansfield, M. Poole, P. Blyton and P. Frost. The British Manager in Profile. Survey Report No. 51, British Institute of Management, London, 1981 and M. Poole. R. Mansfield. P. Blyton and P. Frost. Managers in Focus, Gower, Aldershot, 1981. The editors also wish to thank an anonymous referee for valuable comments on an earlier draft.
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