Has the "cEO effect" increased in recent decades? A new explanation for the great rise in America's attention to corporate leaders

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 821-830

  Quigley, Timothy J ^a   Hambrick, Donald C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO effect; firm performance; historical analysis; leader attributions; upper echelons

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; PLANNING;

CEO EFFECT; FIRM PERFORMANCE; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; LEADER ATTRIBUTIONS; UPPER ECHELONS;

SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

EID: 84928534920     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2258     Document Type: Article

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