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Upper echelons theory in management accounting and control research

Journal of Management Control, 2013
In recent years, scholars have started to draw on upper echelons theory to analyze the relationship between the characteristics of top managers and management accounting and control systems. This short survey paper aims to give an overview of upper echelons theory and its current applications to management accounting and control research.
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Information technology performance: agency and upper echelon theories

Management Decision, 1995
Utilizes an objective measure of the levels of investment/ performance in information technology (IT) and tests a number of hypothesized relationships between IT performance and company′s control, governance and managerial characteristics; this measure is called the relative information technology index (RITI). Is founded, theoretically, on both agency
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Developing the Generational Theory in the Upper Echelons of Entrepreneurial Firms

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2015
In this paper, I present testable research propositions that address the prevailing scholarly asymmetry in the Generational Theory.
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A TEST OF UPPER ECHELONS THEORY IN CHINESE SHAREHOLDING ENTERPRISES.

Academy of Management Proceedings, 2003
This article presents a study that examined the extent to which two major aspects of top management team (TMT) characteristics affect Chinese firm performance.
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External Environment and Upper Echelons Theory

2013
This work reviews empirical research on TMTs with a specific emphasis on the role of the external environment. We extend the existing research on upper echelons theory, which has largely focused on the team and firm level of analyses of top management teams (TMT).
Escribá-Esteve, Alejandro, Nielsen, Sabina, Yamak, Sibel   +2 more
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Upper Echelons Theory, Conservative Chairmen and Informative Earnings Management

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2020
The current study focuses on the conservatism levels of provinces of birth of company chairmen to investigate whether public companies quoted at the Borsa Istanbul between the 2009 and 2017 engage in earnings management with an informative intent. Turkey provides a unique setting to investigate the issue in hand since the common ownership structures of
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A Literature Review on Upper Echelons Theory

Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research, 2022
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Female Executives in Healthcare Management in the context of the Upper Echelon Theory

Journal of Business Diversity, 2018
In this article, we present a summary of the upper echelons theory (UET) and some results of recent business research on this topic concerning the healthcare sector. UET for top management teams could predict organizational outcomes such as strategic choices and performance levels. In turbulent environments, a challenge for upper echelons is to develop
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Upper Echelons Theory Origins, Twists And Turns, And Lessons Learned

2005
Abstract The central idea of upper echelons theory is that executives act on the basis of their highly personalized interpretations of the situations and options they face. That is, executives inject a great deal of themselves their experiences, personalities, and values into their behaviors.
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Extending upper echelon theory to top managers’ characteristics, management practice, and quality of public service in local government

Local Government Studies, 2022
Jungin Kim
exaly