Agency theory suggests that there may be managerial mischief when the interests of owners and managers (agents) diverge; one possible solution to this agency problem is the alignment of owner and agent interests through agent compensation and equity ownership. We develop the theoretical concept...

We conduct a comprehensive review of the chief executive officer (CEO) succession literature and update a CEO succession typology that incorporated manuscripts published through 2014. Our review illustrates that most of our understanding of succession and related processes stems from research...

Der vorliegende Bericht ist eine Folgeuntersuchung zu der von Bronner, Matiaske und Stein (1991) durchgeführten Delphi-Studie zu den Anforderungen an Spitzenführungskräfte im Jahre 2000. Aufbauend auf einem empirischen Führungsmodell werden die Führungs-Aufgabe, die Führungs-Situation, die...