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| Author: | Miller, D. Toulouse, J. M. |
| Title: | Chief executive personality and corporate strategy and structure in small firms. |
| Journal: | Management Science
1986 : NOV, VOL. 32:11, p. 1389-1409 |
| Index terms: | ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE CORPORATE STRATEGY SMALL BUSINESS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | An empirical investigation of 97 firms was conducted to determine the relationships that three aspects of the chief executive's personality - flexibility,need for achievement and locus of control - have with the strategies,structures decision making methods and performance of their firms. The relationships between personality and organizational characteristics were found to be by far the strongest in small firms and also somewhat more significant in dynamic environments. Flexibility and locus of control related to corporate performance under certain conditions while need for achievement did not. |
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