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Transformational Leadership's Role in Promoting Corporate Entrepreneurship: Examining the CEO-TMT Interface

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: Research about transformational CEOs' impact on firm-level outcomes, particularly corporate entrepreneurship, has been equivocal, partially because the underlying mechanisms remain largely unexplored. Given that the individuals most closely influenced by a firm's CEO are its top management team (TMT) members, we focus on the CEO-TMT interface as a salient intervening mechanism. We posit that transformational CEOs influence TMTs' behavioral integration, risk propensity, decentralization of responsibilities, and long-term compensation and that these TMT characteristics impact corporate entrepreneurship. Data from 152 firms supported most of our hypothesized links, underscoring how the CEO-TMT interface helps explain transformational CEOs' role in promoting corporate entrepreneurship.

Source: Academy of Management Journal

DOI: 10.5465/amj.2008.32626023

Authors: Yan Ling, Zeki Simsek, Michael H. Lubatkin, John F. Veiga

Institutions: University of Connecticut, George Mason University

Language: English

Topic: Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences

Subfield: Management of Technology and Innovation

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2321425249

FWCI: 42.22

Cites: 116

Cited by: 634

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