A comprehensive framework for examining managerial challenges: insights from empirical study

Considering the nature, complexity and importance of the current managerial challenges, there is a need for a systematic study that offers guidance to their holistic analysis, and no overarching structure to guide this type of research could have been identified to date. This article lays the groundwork for a comprehensive examination of managerial challenges. Based on the review of 78 empirical works, the key practices in studying managerial challenges are synthesized and presented as a reference framework. The framework is designed using the 5W and 1H method. It offers an up-to-date understanding of the substance of managerial challenges, which contributes to both the theoretical understanding and practical execution of managerial work.