Add to ORKGThis research tested the validity of Hambrick and Mason's (1985)upper-echelon theory which posits that the characteristics of top executives will explain, partially, finanical performance variations within industries. Data was obtained from 953 top managers, the dominant coalition of the largest 150 companies within five US industries - Dairy, Footwear, Tyres, Mobile Homes and Machine Tools. Results were generally supportive: managerial characteristics not only predicted performance variations within industries - the top performers having significantly different managerial profiles than poorly performing companies - but also that the characteristics of managers within high performing companies were similar across the five industries. This g...
<p>Summary of the tested relationship between the top managers' characteristics and organizational p...
The purpose of this study is to advance the current understanding of the relationship between top ma...
Based within the 'upper echelons' tradition, the starting premise for this thesis is that demograph...
At this research will try to analyze the direct relation that the Upper Echelons Theory establishes...
The search to explain corporate performance variability both within, and across, industries has deve...
This research examines the effect of the characteristics of top managers on the strategic options o...
In this paper, I review the literatures about Upper Echelons Theory. Specifically, I focus on the re...
This paper presents a review of the past and present upper echelons research with the intention of d...
We test whether demographic characteristics and team processes in top management teams predict the s...
In the present quasi-experimental study, the relationships among individual executive characteristic...
This paper presents a review of the past and present upper echelons research with the intention of d...
We test whether demographic characteristics and team processes in top management teams predict the s...
Considerable amount of research has investigated the influence of various characteristic of top exec...
Since the seminal work of Hambrick and Mason (1984) researchers have devoted significant attention t...
A model predicting hierarchical position, based on the tournament theory including both organisation...
<p>Summary of the tested relationship between the top managers' characteristics and organizational p...
The purpose of this study is to advance the current understanding of the relationship between top ma...
Based within the 'upper echelons' tradition, the starting premise for this thesis is that demograph...
At this research will try to analyze the direct relation that the Upper Echelons Theory establishes...
The search to explain corporate performance variability both within, and across, industries has deve...
This research examines the effect of the characteristics of top managers on the strategic options o...
In this paper, I review the literatures about Upper Echelons Theory. Specifically, I focus on the re...
This paper presents a review of the past and present upper echelons research with the intention of d...
We test whether demographic characteristics and team processes in top management teams predict the s...
In the present quasi-experimental study, the relationships among individual executive characteristic...
This paper presents a review of the past and present upper echelons research with the intention of d...
We test whether demographic characteristics and team processes in top management teams predict the s...
Considerable amount of research has investigated the influence of various characteristic of top exec...
Since the seminal work of Hambrick and Mason (1984) researchers have devoted significant attention t...
A model predicting hierarchical position, based on the tournament theory including both organisation...
<p>Summary of the tested relationship between the top managers' characteristics and organizational p...
The purpose of this study is to advance the current understanding of the relationship between top ma...
Based within the 'upper echelons' tradition, the starting premise for this thesis is that demograph...