A Contingency-Based View of Chief Executive Officers' Early Warning Behaviour: An Empirical Analysis of German Medium-Sized Companies (Research in Management Accounting & Control) - Softcover

Kirschkamp, Andreas

 
9783835006560: A Contingency-Based View of Chief Executive Officers' Early Warning Behaviour: An Empirical Analysis of German Medium-Sized Companies (Research in Management Accounting & Control)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3835006568 ISBN 13: 9783835006560
Publisher: Deutscher Universitätsverlag, 2007

Synopsis

Organizations 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.

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About the Author

Dr. Andreas Kirschkamp promovierte bei Prof. Dr. Utz Schäffer am Lehrstuhl für Controlling der European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel. Er ist im Bereich Mergers & Acquisitions bei der Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck in Stuttgart tätig.

From the Back Cover

Organizations 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.

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Publisher
Deutscher Universitätsverlag
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3835006568
ISBN 13 
9783835006560
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
298