CEO duality has been the subject of debate for over twenty years and shows no signs of abating. With conflicting theoretical and empirical evidence underpinning the debate the practice has fluctuated, investor perception of board leadership structure has altered, international regulation has reacted, scholarly conceptualizations of duality have become overly complex, and the need to understand duality and conclude the debate has increased. This thesis explores duality in listed corporations and aims to form an appropriate solution to end the dichotomy. My solution requires one to confront misunderstandings which have led to a traditional insistence towards structural reform and prolonged the contentious debate, and recognize an underlying contention which needs to be resolved to bring finality to the debate. I argue finality is possible if a process oriented approach is adopted and corporations recognize the need to be technically equipped to deal with leadership structures in the modern corporate arena.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TORONTO/oai:tspace.library.utoronto.ca:1807/44074 |
| Date | 19 March 2014 |
| Creators | Westby, Abigail |
| Contributors | MacIntosh, Jeffrey |
| Source Sets | University of Toronto |
| Language | en_ca |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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