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100 1 _aKirschkamp, Andreas.
_eauthor.
245 1 2 _aA Contingency-Based View of Chief Executive Officers’ Early Warning Behavior
_h[electronic resource] :
_bAn Empirical Analysis of German Medium-Sized Companies /
_cby Andreas Kirschkamp.
264 1 _aWiesbaden :
_bGabler,
_c2008.
300 _aXXVII, 271 p.
_bonline resource.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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347 _atext file
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505 0 _aUnderstanding of Early Warning in Literature and Definition of Important Terms -- Contingency Theory as an Approach to Explain Early Warning Behavior -- Deduction of Hypotheses -- Operationalization of the Research Model -- Methodological Conception of the Analysis -- Results of the Empirical Analysis -- Final Thoughts and Outlook.
520 _aOrganizations need to identify risks and chances of environmental changes in order to adapt to or possibly even to influence them. Early warning which comprises scanning and interpretation plays an important role in this process. Whereas the traditional contingency approach considers early warning as a part of the organizational structure, the extended contingency theory assumes the additional influence of an individual’s personality on early warning. Andreas Kirschkamp empirically analyses the early warning behavior of Chief Executive Officers in German medium-sized companies. First, he presents the design variables of early warning, then the influencing contingency variables. On the basis of the scholarly research on psychological and contingency theory, the author deduces hypotheses and tests them. The results show that early warning behavior is not only influenced by traditional contingency variables but also by personal attitudes. Therefore, the author proposes combining the extended contingency theory with the traditional contingency theory.
650 0 _aBusiness.
650 0 _aManagement.
650 0 _aLeadership.
650 1 4 _aBusiness and Management.
650 2 4 _aBusiness Strategy/Leadership.
650 2 4 _aManagement.
710 2 _aSpringerLink (Online service)
773 0 _tSpringer eBooks
776 0 8 _iPrinted edition:
_z9783835006560
856 4 0 _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-8350-5504-9
912 _aZDB-2-SBE
950 _aBusiness and Economics (Springer-11643)
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