Personality in the Upper Echelons – Advancing Theory, Methods, and Context

Synthèse

Upper echelons research has long argued that organizational outcomes reflect the characteristics of those who lead them. Scholars have shown that personality plays a central role in shaping how executives interpret information, make decisions, interact with stakeholders, and steer their organizations. Yet, despite a rapidly expanding literature on CEO personality and related constructs, recent reviews highlight persistent challenges: conceptual narrowness, methodological limitations, geographic concentration, and a tendency toward insularity rather than theoretical integration.

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Thèmes proposés

  • How do motives, values, traits, and narratives of organizational leaders shape firm behavior?
  • Under what conditions do personality effects strengthen or weaken?
  • How can scholars better measure personality in the upper echelons?
  • How do institutional, cultural, and governance contexts shape the expression and consequences of executive personality?
  • Broadening the conceptualization of executive personality beyond Big Five and narcissism traits
  • Integrating insights from personality psychology including motives, values, identity, and life stories
  • Mechanisms linking personality to strategic outcomes such as CSR, M&A, innovation, and risk-taking
  • Personality dynamics over time including personality change and developmental experiences
  • TMT dynamics, leadership styles, and power distributions shaped by executive personality
  • Contextual, cultural, and institutional moderators of personality effects across national cultures and governance systems
  • Measurement and assessment of executive personality using multi-method designs and unobtrusive indicators
  • Personality composition and complementarities within boards, TMTs, and collective leadership
  • CEO selection, evaluation, and succession planning incorporating personality
  • Executive personality influence on ethical decision making and societal outcomes