The Aquisitive Nature of Extraverted CEOs

Author(s)

Center for Executive Succession

Document Type

Report

Key Takeaways

More extraverted CEOs are more likely to engage in mergers and acquisitions than less extraverted CEOs. • More extraverted CEOs are more likely to engage in larger mergers and acquisitions than less extraverted CEOs. • Some of these effects can be explained because extraverted CEOs are more likely to participate on a larger number of external boards than are less extraverted CEOs.

Publication Date

2018

Source

Malhotra, S, Reus, T.H., Zhu, PC, & Roelofsen, E.M. (2018). The acquisitive nature of extraverted CEOs. Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol 63(2): 370-408.

Disciplines

Business

Copyright

© 2018, University of South Carolina

Publication Info

Malhotra, S, Reus, T.H., Zhu, PC, & Roelofsen, E.M. (2018). The acquisitive nature of extraverted CEOs. Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol 63(2): 370-408., 2018.