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CEO Succession, Leadership, and (Dis)similarity

A Mixed Methods Approach

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  1. Cristina Pratelli

    1. Bern, Switzerland

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  • scientific publication about leadership and family businesses

Part of the book series: Familienunternehmen und KMU (KMU)

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Cristina Pratelli
    Pages 1-11

  3. Theoretical framework

    • Cristina Pratelli
    Pages 13-52

  4. Does the apple fall far from the tree? Leadership style continuity in family businesses

    • Cristina Pratelli
    Pages 53-71

  5. How does leadership style (dis)similarity influence employees’ attitudes? An empirical study about CEO leadership succession in SMEs

    • Cristina Pratelli
    Pages 73-111

  6. Intra-family leadership succession and leadership style (dis)similarity: An explorative, multiple case study with non-family member employees

    • Cristina Pratelli
    Pages 113-160

  7. Final conclusion

    • Cristina Pratelli
    Pages 161-170

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 171-222
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About this book

CEO succession represents a challenge for many companies. The leadership style of the new CEO impacts employees’ attitudes which, in turn, might be biased by the comparison employees make with their previous CEO. Cristina Pratelli investigates how and why leadership style (dis)similarity between the predecessor and the successor develops and affects successor leadership effectiveness. After a literature review and a theoretical model, she presents results from a quantitative study with SMEs in Switzerland as well as a qualitative multiple-case study with family businesses based in Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. This work offers new insights into CEO selection, leadership development, and the effectiveness of organizations.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Bern, Switzerland

    Cristina Pratelli

About the author

Dr. Cristina Pratelli wrote her dissertation under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Hack at the Institute of Organization and HRM at the University of Bern, Switzerland. She is currently working as consultant for change management and HR transformation.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: CEO Succession, Leadership, and (Dis)similarity

  • Book Subtitle: A Mixed Methods Approach

  • Authors: Cristina Pratelli

  • Series Title: Familienunternehmen und KMU

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-24819-2

  • Publisher: Springer Gabler Wiesbaden

  • eBook Packages: Business and Management, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, part of Springer Nature 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-658-24818-5Published: 29 January 2019

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-658-24819-2Published: 18 December 2018

  • Series ISSN: 2520-1174

  • Series E-ISSN: 2520-1182

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 222

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Human Resource Management

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