Managerial associations represent officers below the director level, from trainees to deputy general managers, especially in public sector organizations in India. They formed due to feelings of deprivation, insecurity, and harassment from subordinates. Their goal is to act as a third force between workers and management by making collective representations and occasionally striking. They operate legally under the Societies Registration Act 1860 and Trade Union Act 1926, but lack protections granted to blue-collar workers.