Who lives in the c-suite organizational structure and the division of labor in top management

Management Science

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 824-844

  Guadalupe, Maria ^a   Li, Hongyi ^b   Wulf, Julie ^c  

^a CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities; C Suite; Centralization; Communication; Diversification; Functions; Hierarchy; Information technology; M form; Organizational design; Top management team

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION; FUNCTIONS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS;

ACTIVITIES; C-SUITE; CENTRALIZATION; DIVERSIFICATION; HIERARCHY; M-FORM; ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGNS; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84899473819     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.2013.1795     Document Type: Article

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