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* **Top-down support exists, but it lacks middle-management buy-in. Senior leadership endorses InnerSource, but there's a gap between top-down support and developer objectives. Top-level management may have determined a new KPI around InnerSource, but it's not effectively cascaded down to middle management, leaving them unclear on implications for their teams.
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* **Top-down support exists, but it lacks middle-management buy-in:** Senior leadership endorses InnerSource, but there's a gap between top-down support and developer objectives. Top-level management may have determined a new KPI around InnerSource, but it's not effectively cascaded down to middle management, leaving them unclear on implications for their teams.
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* **Developers are eager to participate**: Individual contributors want to engage in InnerSource projects but face resistance from their direct managers, who control their time and priorities.
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* **Misaligned incentive structures**: Middle management metrics omit cross-team collaboration and InnerSource, providing no clear benefit for managers to support these activities.
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* **Control vs. collaboration tension**: Middle managers struggle to shift from controlling team output to enabling InnerSource communities, fearing loss of oversight and priorities.

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