middle management

English

Noun

middle management (uncountable)

1. (business) In a large organization, the group of managers or administrators who occupy positions in the company hierarchy which, generally, are above the level of front-line supervisors but below the level of vice-presidents.

   Coordinate term: upper management

   • 2001 June 24, Claudia Wallis, “Onward, Women!”, in Time:

     The [wage] gap can also be attributed to . . . the difficulty they have had in penetrating the so-called glass ceiling, a bias barrier that keeps so many women from moving beyond middle management.

Related terms

• middle manager

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: keskijohto
• Polish: menadżerowie średniego szczebla m pl

References

• “middle management”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.