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Desai, Malay N., Lockett, Andy and Paton, David (2015) The effects of leader succession and prior leader experience on postsuccession organizational performance. Human Resource Management, 55 (6). pp. 967-984. doi:10.1002/hrm.21700 ISSN 0090-4848.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hrm.21700
Abstract
In this article we strive to reconcile equivocal findings about the effects of top leader succession and prior leadership experience on postsuccession organizational performance. In doing so, we draw on insights from theories of human capital, learning, and asymmetric information to better understand the conditions under which leaders increase or decrease postsuccession performance. Employing a sample of 119 newly appointed leaders in the English Premier League (1996–2010), we find the following results. First, relating to the succession event, outside leaders that directly move between leadership positions are associated with higher postsuccession performance while the departure of a prior leader to a leadership position in another organization has a negative effect on postsuccession performance. Second, relating to prior leadership experience, leaders with domestic top leader experience are associated with lower postsuccession performance, while leaders with foreign top leader experience are associated with higher postsuccession performance.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Human Resource Management | ||||||||
Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons, Inc. | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0090-4848 | ||||||||
Official Date: | November 2015 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 55 | ||||||||
Number: | 6 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 967-984 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1002/hrm.21700 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
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