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Persönlichkeitsprototyp der DAX 30 Vorstandsvorsitzenden: Eine empirische Analyse mittels Attribution anhand des NEO-Fünf- Faktoren-Inventars

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Die vorliegende Studie untersucht vor dem Hintergrund der einschlägigen Führungsliteratur um zugeschriebene Persönlichkeitseigenschaften von Führungskräften, inwiefern Spitzenmanager ein untereinander homogenes Persönlichkeitsprofil besitzen. Dazu werden die Persönlichkeiten der DA X 30 Vorstandsvorsitzenden auf Basis des NEO-Fünf-Faktoren-Inventars analysiert. Die Analyse wurde mittels 280 Fremdeinschätzungen Dritter zu anonymisierten Steckbriefen der Vorstandsvorsitzenden durchgeführt, wobei für einen verzerrenden Halo-Effekt durch die Fremdeinschätzungen kontrolliert wurde. Es zeichnet sich unter den Spitzenführungskräften ein dominantes Profil ab, welches sich signifikant vom durchschnittlichen Profil der Vergleichsgruppe (männliche Bevölkerung über 50 Jahren) unterscheidet. Implikationen für Wissenschaft und Praxis werden diskutiert.

Abstract

Regarding the current discussion about promising personality attributions of top-managers, the present article analyzes to which extend a personality prototype among the DAX 30 Chief Executive Officers exists, analyzed by the big-five personnel inventory. Based on 280 judgments at zero acquaintances, anonymized profiles describing the respective Chief Executive Officer as a person and his personality, a dominant personality prototype within the board of managers has been confirmed in our data. This profile can be described as the “resilient” profile, as discussed in the literature. We find that the resilient manager profile is significantly different from the control group profile, i.e. the average male above 50.

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  1. German Graduate School of Management and Law, Bildungscampus 2, D-74076, Heilbronn, Deutschland

    Christian Mai &  Regina-Viola Frey

  2. Institut für Betriebswirtschaftslehre, Lehrstuhl für Unternehmensführung, Universität Hohenheim, D-70593, Stuttgart, Deutschland

    Marion Büttgen

  3. Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaft, Professur für Personal und Organisation, insbesondere für Familienunternehmen, WIFU - Wittener Institut für Familienunternehmen, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 50, D-58448, Witten, Deutschland

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Mai, C., Frey, RV., Büttgen, M. et al. Persönlichkeitsprototyp der DAX 30 Vorstandsvorsitzenden: Eine empirische Analyse mittels Attribution anhand des NEO-Fünf- Faktoren-Inventars. Schmalenbachs Z betriebswirtsch Forsch 67, 4–34 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03372914

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