Leadership succession and firm performance in an emerging economy: Successor origin, relational embeddedness, and legitimacy

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 338-357

  Chung, Chi Nien ^a   Luo, Xiaowei Rose ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

emerging economies; firm performance; leadership succession; legitimacy; relational embeddedness

Indexed keywords

EMERGING ECONOMIES; FIRM PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP SUCCESSION; LEGITIMACY; RELATIONAL EMBEDDEDNESS;

COMMERCE; PROFITABILITY;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84872820190     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2011     Document Type: Article

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