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Goodall, Amanda and Pogrebna, Ganna (2015) Expert leaders in a fast-moving environment. Leadership Quarterly, Volume 26 (Number 2). doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.07.009 ISSN 1048-9843.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.07.009
Abstract
This longitudinal study explores the influence of leaders on performance in the iconic, hightechnology, turbulent industry of Formula One. The evidence is evaluated through the emerging theory of expert leadership which proposes the existence of a first-order requirement: it is that leaders should have expert knowledge in the core-business of the organizations they are to lead (holding constant management and leadership experience). The study’s findings provide strong support for the ‘expert leader’ hypothesis. The most successful F1 principals are disproportionately those who started their careers as drivers. 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 in competitive racing is a better predictor of current organizational performance than the driving experience of the person who is actually racing 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: | Journal Article | ||||||||||
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Engineering > WMG (Formerly the Warwick Manufacturing Group) | ||||||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Leadership Quarterly | ||||||||||
| Publisher: | Elsevier | ||||||||||
| ISSN: | 1048-9843 | ||||||||||
| Official Date: | April 2015 | ||||||||||
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| Volume: | Volume 26 | ||||||||||
| Number: | Number 2 | ||||||||||
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.leaqua.2014.07.009 | ||||||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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