Small Business Leadership: Does Being the Founder Matter?

Autor:	Nan S. Langowitz, I. Elaine Allen
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	business.industry Strategy and Management ComputingMilieux_PERSONALCOMPUTING ComputingMilieux_LEGALASPECTSOFCOMPUTING Organizational structure Proactivity Disposition Business and International Management Small business business GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS Management Test (assessment)
Zdroj:	Journal of Small Business & Entrepreneurship. 23:53-63
ISSN:	2169-2610 0827-6331
DOI:	10.1080/08276331.2010.10593473
Popis:	The success of a growing business is inextricably intertwined with the leadership capability of its chief executive. The purpose of this paper is to empirically test whether there are managerial differences between founder and non-founder chief executive officers (CEOs) of small and medium-sized enterprises. We report preliminary findings of a study of 151 chief executives and their firms, examining measures of proactive behavior, strategic posture, and organization structure. The findings indicate that founder CEOs are significantly more likely than non-founder chief executives to have a proactive disposition and point to the possibility of an indirect effect of that disposition on managerial style.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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