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Strategic leadership : theory and research on executives, top management teams, and boards Sydney Finkelstein, Donald C. Hambrick and Albert A. Cannella

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Publication details: New York Oxford University Press 2009Description: 463 pages 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780195162073
Subject(s):
Contents:
The study of top executives -- Do top executives matter? -- How individual differences affect executive action -- Executive experiences and organizational outcomes -- Top management teams -- Changes at the top : the antecedents of executive turnover and succession -- Changes at the top : the consequences of executive turnover and succession -- Understanding board structure, composition, and vigilance -- The consequences of board involvement and vigilance -- The determinants of executive compensation -- Executive compensation : consequences and distributions
Summary: "This book integrates and assesses the vast and rapidly growing literature on strategic leadership, which is the study of top executives and their effects on organizations. Strategic Leadership synthesizes what is known about strategic leadership and indicates new research directions. The book is meant primarily for scholars who strive to assess and understand the phenomena of strategic leadership. It offers a considerable foundation on which professionals involved in executive search, compensation, appraisal, and staffing, as well as board members who evaluate executive performance and potential, might build their tools and perspectives."
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Book Book Harare Campus Library Open Shelf HD57.7 FIN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 146363 Available BK131724
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Includes bibliographical references and index

The study of top executives -- Do top executives matter? -- How individual differences affect executive action -- Executive experiences and organizational outcomes -- Top management teams -- Changes at the top : the antecedents of executive turnover and succession -- Changes at the top : the consequences of executive turnover and succession -- Understanding board structure, composition, and vigilance -- The consequences of board involvement and vigilance -- The determinants of executive compensation -- Executive compensation : consequences and distributions

"This book integrates and assesses the vast and rapidly growing literature on strategic leadership, which is the study of top executives and their effects on organizations. Strategic Leadership synthesizes what is known about strategic leadership and indicates new research directions. The book is meant primarily for scholars who strive to assess and understand the phenomena of strategic leadership. It offers a considerable foundation on which professionals involved in executive search, compensation, appraisal, and staffing, as well as board members who evaluate executive performance and potential, might build their tools and perspectives."

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