Koyuncu, Burak; Firfiray, Shainaz; Claes, Björn and Hamori, Monika
(2010).
CEOs with a functional background in operations: reviewing their performance and prevalence in the top post.
Human Resource Management Journal, 49(5),
pp. 869–882.
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Abstract
With this study, we update research by Ocasio and Kim (1999) by testing whether the trends that favored the prevalence of CEOs with an operations background in the 1980s and early 1990s continued between 1992 and 2005. Given that supply chain management became a top business priority during this period, we expect a greater prevalence of CEOs with an operations background. This is because, traditionally, executives belonging to the operations function have assumed responsibility for supply chain management issues. Our results, based on a sample of 437 CEOs who lead large-sized U.S. firms in eight industries, provide partial support for the hypothesis that CEOs with a functional background in operations attain higher post-succession performance than CEOs with other functional backgrounds. In addition, we find that the likelihood that newly appointed CEOs have a background in operations is greater in succession events that have taken place more recently and in situations that occurred in the face of poor firm financial performance.
| Item Type: |
Journal Article
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| Copyright Holders: |
2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. |
| ISSN: |
1099-050X |
| Keywords: |
conception of control; functional background; executive careers; executive succession; careers; training; development |
| Academic Unit/Department: |
Open University Business School |
| Item ID: |
31772 |
| Depositing User: |
Bjorn Claes
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| Date Deposited: |
20 Jan 2012 13:32 |
| Last Modified: |
23 Oct 2012 14:27 |
| URI: |
http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/31772 |
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