ABSTRACT A chief executive officer (CEO) acting as the firm's transformational leader is typically viewed instrumental to corporate entrepreneurship in established firms, but how exactly does a higher level of come about, given CEO's actions? We suggest that organizational ambidexterity can function core mediating mechanism between CEOs and observed effectiveness this process varies critical co...

This article explores whether new firms managed by founder-chief executive officers (CEOs) are more likely to survive than those successor-CEOs in times of crisis. Drawing on the concept ‘resilience’ adversity, we argue that founder-CEOs increase likelihood firm survival, especially Using a sample Japanese founded during 2003–2010 period, examine impact founder-CEO succession survival. The anal...

Prior research has established a positive link between chief executive officer (CEO) narcissism and firm innovation. Notably, shows that CEO is positively related to more radical innovation breakthrough technologies, is, manifestations of firm's exploration orientation, incremental innovation, firms' exploitation orientations. However, it primarily examines these orientations in isolation or ne...

The overwhelming dependency on the organizational use of Information Technology (IT) during the last two decades of twentieth centaury has dramatically changed the way of working for the most of the business organizations. IT not only holds benefits for organizations and for their chief executives officers’ (CEOs) but has also caused difficulties for CEOs to optimize the computing resources. In...

Senior managers can have a strong influence on organisational safety. But little is known about which of their personal attributes support their impact on safety. In this paper, we introduce the concept of 'safety intelligence' as related to senior managers' ability to develop and enact safety policies and explore possible characteristics related to it in two studies. Study 1 (N = 76) involved ...

Relative wealth concerns can affect risk-taking behavior, as the payoff to a marginal dollar of wealth depends on the wealth of others. In particular, status concerns that arise endogenously due to competition in the marriage market can lead to greater risktaking if the more desirable mates prefer wealthier suitors. We evaluate empirically the importance of this effect in a high-stakes setting ...

We study whether boards of directors concentrate on performance near compensation Ž . decision times rather than providing consistent incentives for chief executive officers CEO throughout the fiscal year. We show empirically that managers can profit by moving sales revenue among fiscal quarters. Though this may suggest that boards use short-term trends when determining rewards, we find evidenc...

The human amygdala responds to first impressions of people as judged from their faces, such as normative judgments about the trustworthiness of strangers. It is unknown, however, whether amygdala responses to first impressions can be validated by objective criteria. Here, we examined amygdala responses to faces of Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) where real-world outcomes could be measured objec...

Many healthcare professionals question whether the industry's hospitals and multi-site systems are implementing the necessary executive development and succession planning systems to ensure that high potential managers are prepared and aptly selected to assume key executive roles. Survey data, case studies, and cross-industry comparisons suggest that healthcare organizations may face a leadersh...

There is wide debate over the causes and ultimate importance of the pecking order and debt conservatism to firm financing decisions. We argue that these empirical patterns are not driven solely by firmand market level variation, but are also linked to individual managerial characteristics. We relate the reluctance of (some) managers to access external capital markets, and particularly equity ma...