Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Maryland, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 180-193).

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CEO dismissal is one of the most theoretically interesting topics in strategic management. Previous studies have noted that the extent of control over CEOs exercised by outside directors and senior executives plays an important role in affecting the relationships between relevant organizational characteristics (i.e., organizational performance, CEO-board personal ties, and CEO-senior executive dissimilarity) and the likelihood of CEO dismissal. Drawing on an institutional perspective, this study proposes that national institutions concerning investor protection, individualism, and power distance shape how outside directors and senior executives exercise control over CEOs. As such these national institutions would moderate the relationships between the relevant organizational characteristics and the likelihood of CEO dismissal. To test the hypotheses derived from the above assertions, the present study deploys the data from a sample of 1733 public companies across 20 countries from year 2005 to 2009. The empirical evidence confirms the moderating role of national institutions in CEO dismissal. / Li, Weiwen. / Adviser: Yuan Lu. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-04, Section: A, page: . / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 143-155). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. [Ann Arbor, MI] : ProQuest Information and Learning, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest dissertations and theses, [201-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract also in Chinese.

Thesis (Honors)--University of South Florida, 2009. / "6 March 2009." Includes bibliographical references (p. 23).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available in electronic version. Access restricted to campus users.

Leadership research has generally overlooked the qualities of successful CEOs, instead focusing on other levels of management. This study sought to identify the personal qualities that made CEOs successful. A literature review identified that there were five qualities associated with success including philosophies about life, self and others, characteristics, leadership style, areas for improvement and lessons taken from experience. A Model of CEO Success is proposed based on these qualities and the relationship between them. / Successful CEOs and their key direct reports completed a questionnaire and participated in interviews to arrive at the conclusions drawn. Results indicated that successful CEOs demonstrated three philosophies and characteristics most associated with success: humanistic approach, achievement and proactive thinking. They demonstrated a varied leadership style but mainly humanistic, empowering, achievement oriented, participative and directive approaches. Areas for improvement were mainly related to the over use or under use of philosophies and characteristics associated with success including a need to empower, coach and involve more often; be more patient; more learning and self-awareness; manage performance more effectively; confront more; be firmer with others and balance. Lessons learnt from experience led to the acquisition and development of philosophies and characteristics most associated with success. The philosophies and characteristics most associated with CEO success share properties with other psychological constructs including positive core self-evaluations and the proactive personality. There was a high level of agreement between CEOs and direct reports which supported the connection between managerial self-awareness and CEO success. / Future research could determine the manner in which the qualities interact to create success and whether development of the area for improvement enhance success or not. / The results have practical implications for CEO recruitment, development and coaching and contribute to the understanding of CEO success by detailing qualities associated with success. / Thesis (PhD)--University of South Australia, 2005.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--New York University, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-48).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2006. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 92-106).

Production collective, la ville est notamment produite par des professionnels identifiés qui élaborent des outils et mettent en œuvre des processus. Sur un temps long - du XVIIIe siècle au milieu du XXe siècle - et sur un territoire d'étude singulier -la ville de Nantes, exemplaire par la richesse des situations expérimentées au cours de la période -le questionnement sur la fabrique de la ville parcourt deux axes: d'une part l'étude de l'organisation des services municipaux chargés de l'élaboration des projets et de la conduite des transformations urbaines, en termes de voirie, d'architecture, de réseaux et d'urbanisme, et d'autre part celle des personnalités qui constituent ces services, notamment les chefs de service, architectes, ingénieurs, urbanistes, et leurs collaborateurs immédiats. L'échelle de Nantes, une ville en croissance et en mutation, d'une dimension encore modérée en superficie et en population dans la période considérée, permet de saisir des enjeux globaux dans l'exploration des outils qui ont accompagné les transformations urbaines, les ont rendues possibles ou en ont rendu compte, en termes de réglementation, de planification, de projetation, d'exécution, de contrôle, à l'articulation du technique et du politique. / A town is a collective process, but it is also produced by specific professionals who conceived tools and apply process. Analyzing a long period ( from the 18th century to the middle of the 20th) and focused on a special area « the city of Nantes », an interesting example for this period, the case study follows two directions : the organization of the municipal services in charge of project development and the management for urban transformation, in terms of roads, architecture, networks, town planning, and at the same time the people who make up these services, particularly chiefs department, architects, engineers, town planners and their staff. The scale of Nantes, a growing city with a population and a size increasing at a moderate pace, allows understanding stakes by exploring the process of urban developments in terms of regulation, project planning, management, achievement and control, and the links between technical tools and politic aims.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2002. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 75-77). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.