Papers
Learning from boardroom perspectives on leader character. 2015
"Directors agreed that the character of the CEO has a tremendous impact. And yet, they don’t spend enough time and effort assessing it. Ivey Business Journal, January/February 2015 Gerard Seijts, Professor of Organizational...
Written by: Seijts G., Gandz J. et al
Read moreDiabolical dictators or capable commanders? An investigation of the differential effects of autocratic leadership on team performance. (2015)
"...autocratic leadership is not always harmful and may at times also facilitate team functioning." Annebel H.B. De Hoogh, University of Amsterdam; Lindred L. Greer, Stanford University, California; Deanne N. Den...
Written by: De Hoogh, A. H., Greer, L. L., & Den Hartog, D. N.
Read moreIlluminating and applying ‘the dark side’: Insights from elite team leaders. (2015)
"...presents evidence of the use of dark side behaviors by elite team leaders, illuminates these behaviors look like during a common leadership task, and reveals how they were effectively applied." Andrew...
Written by: Cruickshank, A., & Collins, D.
Read moreNarcissism, director selection, and risk-taking spending. (2015)
“… when narcissistic chief executives interact with the board, they often meet not a moment of reckoning but their favourite thing: a mirror. David. H. Zhu, Arizona State University; Guoli...
Written by: Zhu, D. H. and Chen, G.
Read moreHow CEO hubris affects corporate social (ir)responsibility. (2015)
“CEO hubris leads to a lower level of company participation in socially responsible activities and a higher level of participation in socially irresponsible ones.” Yi Tang, Hong Kong Polytechnic University;...
Written by: Tang, Y., Qian, C., Chen, G. and Shen, R.
Read moreSocial, behavioral, and cognitive influences on upper echelons during strategy process: A literature review. (2015)
“…exceedingly active research on relations between CEOs and their management teams has developed a plethora of constructs and empirical findings. Scholars may now wish to turn to understanding and comparing...
Written by: Bromiley, P., & Rau, D.
Read morePower and morality. (2015). A complex relationship
The link between power and morality is complex.... Power can both undermine and elevate morality. Joris Lammers, University of Cologne, Germany Adam D. Galinsky, Columbia University, USA David Dubois, INSEAD, France...
Written by: Lammers, J., Galinsky, A. D., Dubois, D., & Rucker, D. D.
Read moreDouble trouble: sibling rivalry and twin organizations in the 2008 credit crisis. (2014)
“… the closeness of organizational identities in twin organizations may lead to increased rivalry, narcissism and a tendency for greater risk-taking and vulnerability. Prof Mark Stein, Chair in Leadership and...
Written by: Stein, Mark.
Read moreWhen more is not enough: Executive greed and its influence on shareholder wealth. (2014)
"new research examines the effects of greed on shareholder wealth and looks at whether various contextual factors, like a strong board of directors, CEO tenure and discretion make the situation...
Written by: Haynes, K.T. et a;.
Read moreLeader corruption depends on power and testosterone. (2014)
“Amount of followers and discretionary choices independently predicted leader corruption… power interacted with endogenous testosterone in predicting corruption, which was highest when leader power and baseline testosterone were both high....
Written by: Bendahan, Samuel; Zehnder, Christian et. al.
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