Chief strategy officers: Contingency analysis of their presence in top management teams

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 461-471

  Menz, Markus ^a   Scheef, Christine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

chief strategy officers; contingency theory; functional executives; top management teams; upper echelons

Indexed keywords

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICERS; CONTINGENCY THEORY; FUNCTIONAL EXECUTIVES; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS; UPPER ECHELONS;

INDUSTRY;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84893817767     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2104     Document Type: Article

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