Document Type

Report

Key Takeaways

Newly appointed CEOs with balanced generalist and specialist experience receive more compensation than those with highly generalized or highly specialized backgrounds. • The reward for CEOs’ balanced experience is higher when the hiring company had recently seen declining performance. • The reward for CEOs’ balanced experience is higher in less complex industries.

Publication Date

2021

Source

Mueller, P. E. M., Georgakakis, D., Greve, P. Peck, S., & Ruigrok, W., (In press). The curse of extremes: Generalist career experience and CEO initial compensation. Journal of Management. doi: 10.1177/0149206320922308.

Disciplines

Business

Copyright

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Business Commons

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