Does a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) struggle to implement effective decisions when succeeding a celebrity CEO and if so, why?

Focusing on the succession context of replacing a celebrity CEO, this study specifically investigates whether successor CEOs struggle to enact the necessary changes to elicit positive organisational performance when replacing a celebrity CEO and the potential reasons that can inhibit their success....

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Main Author: Ogunleye, David
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54274/
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description Focusing on the succession context of replacing a celebrity CEO, this study specifically investigates whether successor CEOs struggle to enact the necessary changes to elicit positive organisational performance when replacing a celebrity CEO and the potential reasons that can inhibit their success. As a recent literature, this phenomenon has been overlooked, specifically from a qualitative perspective. This study addresses this issue by utilising a case study to provide deeper insight into the implications of succeeding a celebrity CEO. Our findings reveal that power and politics are indispensable traits for a successor CEO of a celebrity to have in order to overcome the external and internal difficulties that can encompass quotidian organisational affairs. Without an adept use of these traits, the successor’s impotence is inevitable. Furthermore, the implications of these findings for organizational succession practices are delineated.
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spelling nottingham-542742022-05-12T15:31:19Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54274/ Does a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) struggle to implement effective decisions when succeeding a celebrity CEO and if so, why? Ogunleye, David Focusing on the succession context of replacing a celebrity CEO, this study specifically investigates whether successor CEOs struggle to enact the necessary changes to elicit positive organisational performance when replacing a celebrity CEO and the potential reasons that can inhibit their success. As a recent literature, this phenomenon has been overlooked, specifically from a qualitative perspective. This study addresses this issue by utilising a case study to provide deeper insight into the implications of succeeding a celebrity CEO. Our findings reveal that power and politics are indispensable traits for a successor CEO of a celebrity to have in order to overcome the external and internal difficulties that can encompass quotidian organisational affairs. Without an adept use of these traits, the successor’s impotence is inevitable. Furthermore, the implications of these findings for organizational succession practices are delineated. 2018-12-01 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54274/1/management%20dissertation%20finally%20finished.docx Ogunleye, David (2018) Does a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) struggle to implement effective decisions when succeeding a celebrity CEO and if so, why? [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)]
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Does a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) struggle to implement effective decisions when succeeding a celebrity CEO and if so, why?
title Does a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) struggle to implement effective decisions when succeeding a celebrity CEO and if so, why?
title_full Does a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) struggle to implement effective decisions when succeeding a celebrity CEO and if so, why?
title_fullStr Does a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) struggle to implement effective decisions when succeeding a celebrity CEO and if so, why?
title_full_unstemmed Does a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) struggle to implement effective decisions when succeeding a celebrity CEO and if so, why?
title_short Does a Chief Executive Officer (CEO) struggle to implement effective decisions when succeeding a celebrity CEO and if so, why?
title_sort does a chief executive officer (ceo) struggle to implement effective decisions when succeeding a celebrity ceo and if so, why?
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/54274/