Galavan, Robert and Kakabadse, Andrew and Kakabadse , Nada (2009) Managerial Discretion: Exploring the Black Box of Demographic Research. In: British Academy of Management 2009, September 2009, Brighton, United Kingdom.

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Abstract

The strategic leadership research stream is dominated by the predominantly instrumental approach of the upper echelons research stream. In recent years this research stream has been criticized for failing to develop from an exploration of whether relationships exist between managers’ background characteristics, their strategic choices and firm performances to an exploration of how managers’ characteristics influence outcomes. In this paper we build on the existing work in the stream by suggesting a way forward through the development of discretion as a pivotal concept in the exploration of the black box of demographic research. Specifically we separate the concepts of perceived, enacted, and actual discretion and locate them in a theoretical framework that sets an agenda for future research. Key words choice, cognition, demographics, discretion, leadership, upper echelons

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Paper)
Keywords:	choice, cognition, demographics, discretion, leadership, upper echelons, strategy
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
Item ID:	1662
Depositing User:	Professor Robert Galavan
Date Deposited:	16 Nov 2009 12:04
Refereed:	Yes
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Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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