Executive leadership changes are critical turning points for organizations. Over the past five
decades, management scholars have generated many insights into the predictors …

Abstract Research Question/Issue Chief executive officer (CEO) tenure—the time a person
spends in the CEO position—is a key observable characteristic of the CEO that has attracted …

We attempt to bring clarity to the concept of strategic leadership and guide its development
by reviewing and synthesizing the existing management literature on how top managers and …

Research summary: U‐and inverted U‐shaped relationships are increasingly explored in
strategy research, with 11 percent of all articles published in S trategic M anagement J …

While an increasing number of companies are establishing Chief Digital Officer (CDO)
positions to support their digital transformation (DT), there has been very little research on …

The microfoundations of dynamic capabilities have assumed greater importance in the
search for factors that facilitate strategic change. Here, we focus on microfoundations at the …

What roles do CEOs play in firm performance? To address this question, the management
field has accumulated a substantial amount of research over the past 3 decades built on …

We conduct a comprehensive synthesis of the research on how female representation in the
upper echelons (ie, top management teams and chief executive officer positions) might …

In ever-changing environments, strategic change manifests as a crucial concern for firms
and is thus central to the fields of management and strategy. Common and foundational to …

A growing body of empirical evidence in the management literature suggests that
antecedent variables widely accepted as leading to desirable consequences actually lead to …