When the former CEO stays on as board chair: Effects on successor discretion, strategic change, and performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 834-859

  Quigley, Timothy J ^a   Hambrick, Donald C ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

board of directors; duality; executive succession; managerial discretion; upper echelons

Indexed keywords

BOARD OF DIRECTORS; DUALITY; EXECUTIVE SUCCESSION; MANAGERIAL DISCRETION; UPPER ECHELONS;

INDUSTRY;

STRATEGIC PLANNING;

EID: 84860889924     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.1945     Document Type: Article

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