People and process, suits and innovators: The role of individuals in firm performance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1001-1015

  Mollick, Ethan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

firm effects; firm performance; individual effects; innovation; middle managers

Indexed keywords

FIRM EFFECTS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; INDIVIDUAL EFFECTS; INDIVIDUAL FACTORS; MIDDLE MANAGERS; MULTILEVEL MODEL; ORGANIZATIONAL FACTORS; ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE;

INDUSTRY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

INNOVATION;

EID: 84863716803     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.1958     Document Type: Article

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