Management
What doesn’t kill you will only make you more risk-loving: early-life disasters and CEO behaviour (2017)
"...the link between CEOs’ disaster experience and corporate policies has real economic consequences on firm risk and its cost of capital." Bernile, G., Bhagwat, V., Rau, P. R. The Journal...
Written by: GENNARO BERNILE, VINEET BHAGWAT, P. RAGHAVENDRA RAU
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Big Egos Can Be Green: A Study of CEO Hubris and Environmental Innovation (2017)
"CEOs’ hubris may provide the required force for overcoming obstacles to the development and introduction of green innovations." Arena, C., Michelon, G. and Trojanowski, G. (2017), Big Egos Can Be...
Written by: Claudia Arena, Giovanna Michelon and Grzegorz Trojanowski
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Why some men feel the need to win at all costs (2017)
"...If men fight harder than women at the negotiation table, they perhaps also fight dirtier, more often employing unethical tactics such as outright deception." Thau, S. INSEAD Professor of Organisational...
Written by: Stefan Thau
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Emotional Aspects of Leadership in the Modern Workplace (2017)
"When executives have high hubris, it can have a negative impact on the strategic decision making process, the actual strategic choices that are made, and ultimately organizational performance..." Giannouli, V....
Written by: Vaitsa Giannouli
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“See You in Court”: How CEO narcissism increases firms’ vulnerability to lawsuits (2017)
"...In spite of the claim that there is both a “bright side” and a “dark side” to narcissistic leadership, overall, there is little evidence that firms with narcissistic CEOs perform...
Written by: Charles A. O'Reilly, Bernadette Doerr, Jennifer A. Chatman
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Where does pride lead? Corporate managerial hubris and strategic emphasis. (2017)
"...high corporate managerial hubris predicts low strategic emphasis on advertising relative to R&D..." MinChung Kim, Ulsan National University of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea; Guiyang Xiong Whitman School of...
Written by: Kim, M., Xiong, G., & Kim, K. H.
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CEO humility, narcissism and firm innovation: A paradox perspective on CEO traits. (2017)
"CEOs that are both humble and narcissistic are ... more likely to have socialized charisma, to cultivate an innovative culture, and to deliver innovative performance…" Hongyu Zhang, Central University of...
Written by: Zhang, H., Ou, A. Y., Tsui, A. S., & Wang, H.
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CEO overconfidence and ambidextrous innovation. (2017)
“...overconfident CEOs are more apt to create or magnify an imbalance in innovation ambidexterity.” Ying-Jiuan Wong, National Kaohsiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan; Cheng-Yu Lee, Southern Taiwan University of Science and...
Written by: Wong, Y. J., Lee, C. Y., & Chang, S. C
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The double-edged sword of leader charisma: Understanding the curvilinear relationship between charismatic personality and leader effectiveness. (2017)
“…charismatic tendencies become maladaptive, particularly in relation to leader effectiveness, when taken too far.” Jasmine Vergauwe, Ghent University, Belgium; Bart Wille, University of Antwerp, Belgium; Joeri Hofmans, Vrije Universiteit Brussel,...
Written by: Vergauwe, J., Wille, B., Hofmans, J., Kaiser, R. B., & De Fruyt, F.
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Narcissistic force meets systemic resistance: The energy clash model. (2017)
“…conceptualizes the impact of a narcissistic leader in three phases, and discusses six ways for harnessing the positive sides of narcissistic energy..” Constantine Sedikides, University of Southampton, UK; W. Keith...
Written by: Sedikides, C., & Campbell, W. K.
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