Posts tagged with: Management
It’s all about me: narcissistic chief executive officers and their effects on company strategy and performance. (2007)
"Narcissistic CEOs favor bold actions …, resulting in big wins or big losses, but their firms' performance is generally no better or worse than non-narcissistic CEOs’ firms. Arijit Chatterjee and...
Power, optimism and risk-taking. (2006)
"..investigated the hypotheses that the sense of power increases optimism in perceiving risks and leads to more risky behaviour. ...individuals with a higher generalized sense of power were more optimistic...
Power and perspectives not taken. (2006)
"Experiencing power seems to almost instantly impair an individual's ability to appreciate the perspectives of others. ..power leads individuals to anchor too heavily on their own vantage point, insufficiently adjusting...
CEO overconfidence and corporate investment. (2005)
"..studied how hubris affects CEOs' corporate investment decisions ... CEOs tend to think that under their glorious leadership the stock prices will keep going up, so they keep holding on to...
Leadership and the psychology of power. (2005)
“…power is disinhibiting… to understand leadership behaviour it is important to consider the psychological effects of power on the leader” Joe C. Magee, Deborah. H. Gruenfeld; Stanford University Dacher J....
Assessing leadership style: Trait analysis. (2005)
"Seven traits have been found to be particularly useful in assessing leadership style: 1 - the belief that one can influence or control what happens. 2 - the need for...
Unbounded irrationality: Risk and organizational narcissism at Long Term Capital Management. (2003)
“..focuses on the near collapse of the highly prestigious hedge-fund Long Term Capital Management (LTCM) in September 1998, causing widespread fears (of a) global financial meltdown. Prof Mark Stein,...
From power to action. (2003)
"...investigated the hypothesis that power increases an action orientation in the power holder, even in contexts where power is not directly experienced. Galinsky, A. D., Northwestern University Gruenfeld, D.H....
A cross cultural exploratory study of the linkage between emotional intelligence and managerial effectiveness. (2003)
"...in low power distance cultures like as the United States and United Kingdom, self‐awareness of interactive skills may be crucial relative to effectiveness whereas in high PD cultures, such as...
Personality and leadership: a qualitative and quantitative review. (2002)
“After 'extraversion', 'conscientiousness' and 'openness to experience' were the strongest and most consistent correlates of leadership.” Timothy A. Judge, University of Florida; Joyce E. Bono, University of Minnesota; Remus Ilies...