Defeating the Minotaur: The construction of CEO charisma on the US stock market

Organization Studies

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 811-832

  Fanelli, Angelo ^a   Grasselli, Nora Ilona ^a  

^a HEC PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

CEO charisma; CEO succession; Charismatic leadership; Chief executive officers; Securities analysts; Stock market; Symbolic management

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745022134     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: 17413044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840606061070     Document Type: Review

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