Management Studies in Development and Evolution

Between Opportunity and Challenge: A Phenomenological Analysis of Managers’ Lived Experience in Managing Hybrid Teams In the Context of the 12-Day War

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Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

Seyyed Najmuddin Mousavi 1
Faezeh hasanvand 2

1 Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Economics and Management, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran

2 PhD student, Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Management and Economics, Lorestan University, Khorramabad, Iran.

https://doi.org/10.22054/jmsd.2025.87956.4688
Abstract
The present study aims to phenomenologically analyze the lived experience of managers in managing hybrid teams with regard to the opportunities and challenges in the 12-day war in public and private organizations. This study is descriptive-exploratory in terms of its applied purpose and in terms of the method of data collection, and is a qualitative research type that was conducted using the phenomenological method (i.e., the lived experience of people involved in the phenomenon) and the Dickelman approach. Since the present study is qualitative, the method of data collection in it is in-depth interviews with participants. Accordingly, using the purposive sampling method and based on the principle of theoretical sufficiency, 15 managers of public and private organizations were selected as sample members. In this study, the qualitative content analysis method and Maxqda software were used to examine and analyze the data obtained from the interviews. The research findings show that hybrid management has been a source of pressure and growth for managers at the same time; In a way that, amidst challenges such as digital fatigue, role ambiguity, erosion of collective identity, opportunities for self-regulation, creating structure in the midst of structurelessness, and blockchain for transparency have emerged.

Keywords

Hybrid management
hybrid work
phenomenological analysis
opportunities and challenges
12-day war
Subjects
Management Studies in Development and Evolution

Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 17 November 2025

  • Receive Date 02 September 2025
  • Revise Date 04 November 2025
  • Accept Date 10 November 2025

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