In the article “Why Being a Middle Manager is so Exhausting” the authors Eric M. Anicich and Jacob B. Hirsh described power exercised by middle managers as “complicated” since they engage in two type of interpersonal relationships using lower power vs. higher power (bosses vs. subordinates’ relationship).
Based on the authors’ explanation, vertical code switching could be defined as “the act of alternating between behavioral patterns that are directed toward higher-power and lower-power interaction partners”. Whether we are middle managers or not, we code-switch due to our network centrality. This could be from interpersonal relationships with our parents to our siblings, classmates to professors or our employees to managers (depending on
Based on the authors’ explanation, vertical code switching could be defined as “the act of alternating between behavioral patterns that are directed toward higher-power and lower-power interaction partners”. Whether we are middle managers or not, we code-switch due to our network centrality. This could be from interpersonal relationships with our parents to our siblings, classmates to professors or our employees to managers (depending on