Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - CEO succession research : methodological bridges over troubled waters

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CEO succession research : methodological bridges over troubled waters / Patricia Pitcher, Samia Chreim and Veronika Kisfalvi

Disappointed by the lack of consistent and robust findings, scholars suspect that the problems may be related to our research methods and have frequently called for longitudinal, clinical, and psychometric studies of succesion. This article compares the findings from one such study with representative studies in the literature. Examining the operationalization of key variables used to study succession antecedents, processes, and organizational consequences, it reveals possible reasons for the disappointing results and suggests ways of strengthening those operationalizations. In addition to suggesting refinements in the measurement of performance, the comparative exercise demonstrates why current proxies for personality and power may create difficulty. It concludes that both field and large-sample research stand to benefit from a closer collaboration

En: Strategic management journal. - Chichester [etc.] : Wiley. - Vol. 21, nº 6, June 2000 ; p. 625-648

1. Directivos de empresas . 2. Dirección de empresas . 3. Chief Executive Officer . 4. Desarrollo directivo . 5. Métodos de análisis . I. Chreim, Samia . II. Kisfalvi, Veronika . III. Título.