Document Type
Report
Key Takeaways
CEO succession is positively related to changes in organizational strategy and negatively related to short-term company performance. • Inside CEOs initiate fewer strategic changes and exhibit better long-term performance than outside hires. • Whether a succession was planned or forced did not affect subsequent strategic change or better performance.
Publication Date
2018
Source
Schepker, D.J., Kim, Y., Patel, P.C., Thatcher, S.M.B., & Campion, M.C. 2017. CEO succession, strategic change, and post-succession performance: A meta-analysis. Leadership Quarterly, 28: 701-720.
Disciplines
Business
Copyright
© 2018, University of South Carolina
Publication Info
Schepker, D.J., Kim, Y., Patel, P.C., Thatcher, S.M.B., & Campion, M.C. 2017. CEO succession, strategic change, and post-succession performance: A meta-analysis. Leadership Quarterly, 28: 701-720., 2018.