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Goodall, Amanda H. and Pogrebna, Ganna (2013) Expert leaders in a fast-moving environment. Working Paper. Coventry: Warwick Manufacturing Group. WMG Service Systems Research Group Working Paper Series (Number 08/13).
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Abstract
This study explores the effects of leaders in an iconic, high-technology, turbulent industry. We analyse 62 years of objective performance data from one of the world's most competitive sectors (Formula One competition). The study’s findings provide strong support for an ‘expert leader hypothesis’. The most successful leaders are disproportionately those who started as drivers or mechanics (not as general managers or university graduates in engineering). Moreover, within the sub-sample of former drivers, it is those who had the longest driving careers who went on to become the most effective leaders. Remarkably, the leader’s former experience as a competitive driver is a better predictor of current organizational performance than the driving experience of the person who is actually driving for the team. The study’s expert-leader findings are consistent with the hypothesis that longitudinal performance improves when a leader’s knowledge and expertise correlate with an organization’s core business activity.
| Item Type: | Working or Discussion Paper (Working Paper) | ||||
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management | ||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Leadership, Management -- Research , Formula One automobiles , Executives -- Training of | ||||
| Series Name: | WMG Service Systems Research Group Working Paper Series | ||||
| Publisher: | Warwick Manufacturing Group | ||||
| Place of Publication: | Coventry | ||||
| ISSN: | 2049-4297 | ||||
| Official Date: | 2013 | ||||
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| Number: | Number 08/13 | ||||
| Institution: | University of Warwick | ||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
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