CEO replacement in turnaround situations: Executive (mis)fit and its performance implications

Organization Science

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 225-243

  Chen, Guoli ^a   Hambrick, Donald C ^b  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO succession; Executive fit; Postsuccession performance; Turnaround situations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865091079     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1100.0629     Document Type: Article

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