Document Type
Report
Key Takeaways
Companies are likely to imitate the strategic behaviors of peers with charismatic CEOs, but less likely to imitate peers with narcissistic CEOs. • The imitation of charismatic CEOs is even more likely in industries which are highly dynamic in nature. • Experience in an industry domain dampens the imitative behavior of companies whose peers employ charismatic or narcissistic CEOs.
Publication Date
2018
Source
Gupta, A. & Misangyi, V.F. Forthcoming. Follow the leader (or not): The influence of peer CEOs’ characteristics on inter-organizational imitation. Strategic Management Journal, DOI: 10.1002/smj.2765.
Disciplines
Business
Copyright
© 2018, University of South Carolina
Publication Info
Gupta, A. & Misangyi, V.F. Forthcoming. Follow the leader (or not): The influence of peer CEOs’ characteristics on inter-organizational imitation. Strategic Management Journal, DOI: 10.1002/smj.2765., 2018.
