Demographic shifts are altering job markets in developed countries. A steady increase in the average age of employees and a decline in the number of young, qualified workers have intensified the war for talent, resulting in highly competitive and dynamic job markets. Using resource dependence...

Research shows that executives’ relationship to their work comprises a broad set of diverse variables. Drawing on the job demands-resources model and top management research, we identify four typical patterns of how top executives handle their work: detached professionals, internally driven...

We extend prior empirical research on the questions of whether, how much, and under which conditions strategic leaders matter to the fate of their firms. With a 20-year Panel of 110 German firms, our analysis broadens the prevalent focus on CEO influences in U.S. settings. The results indicate...