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Upper echelons research in marketing
Marketing scholars have recently embraced the study of the corporate upper echelons—the executives and board members atop the organizational hierarchy. However, management scholars have researched the upper echelons for decades, with frequent forays into
Krause, R +3 more
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When Narcissus Became a CEO: CEO Narcissism and Its Effect on Earnings Management
This study examines the role of CEO narcissism to earnings management. Samples are non-financial companies listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange. Three indicators are used to reflect the CEO's narcissistic nature: CEO photograph, CEO
Patricia Gabriela Christian +1 more
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Corporate social responsibility (CSR) strategy hinges largely on the CEO characteristics in the context of an emerging market. Based on a sample of 16,144 firm-year observations obtained from 1,370 unique Chinese-listed firms, which whether voluntarily ...
Xingxin Zhao +5 more
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Do academics in the boardroom create value for firms?
Objective: The objective of this article is to examine the value of academics as board members. Using upper echelons theory to explain how top management’s characteristics affect corporate decision-making, we particularly investigated ...
Taufiq Arifin +2 more
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The relationship between SME owner-manager characteristics and risk management strategies
The relationship between managerial qualities and risk management is unclear, particularly for small and medium-sized organizations (SMEs) in developing market economies such as South Africa, because much research has focused on big enterprises in ...
Oscah Chakabva, Robertson Khan Tengeh
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An upper echelons perspective on information technology business value [PDF]
This paper argues that information technology (IT) outcomes are more valuable to companies when their top management team (TMT) moves from flirting with IT to marriage. Previous research has demonstrated an association between top management support (TMS)
José Fernando López-Muñoz +4 more
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Demographics/Job Characteristics of Top Managers, Corporate Risk and Organizational Outcomes
This study aims to analyze the relationship between demographics and job characteristics of top managers and their tolerance or aversion to corporate risk. From the Amadeus – Bureau van Dijk database were collected data about the gender, age, educational
Gabriel Donadio Costa +2 more
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Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance in the Context of Upper Echelon Theory [PDF]
[EN] Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) is a firm-level phenomenon, which involves the firm’s prospects to take risks, be proactive, and be innovative. Most of the research assumes a positive EO-performance relationship adopting the EO-as-advantage perspective without providing enough theoretical foundations of the way EO enhances performance. This paper
Gali, N. +3 more
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The upper echelons theory, which was initially introduced by Hambrick and Mason (1984), affirms that the cognitions, values, and perceptions of senior executives influence the strategy selection process, and consequently, the company’s ...
Daiane Antonini Bortoluzzi +3 more
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The influence of CEO narcissistic personality traits on the indebtedness of B3 companies [PDF]
The objective of this article is to investigate the influence of CEO narcissistic personality traits on the indebtedness of Brazilian non-financial companies listed on the B3.
Ana Paula da Silva de Oliveira +1 more
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