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Does leadership make a difference to organizational performance
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The results of a study of large retail firms in the United Kingdom, designed to overcome the methodological problems of earlier studies of leadership and performance, are presented in support of this argument as mentioned in this paper.Abstract:
? 1988 by Cornell University 0001 -8392/88/3303-0388/$1 00 This paper evaluates research on the impact of chief executive officers on corporate performance, taking Lieberson and O'Connor's pathbreaking study as its starting point Although that study is commonly regarded as the principal source of empirical support for the view that leaders have little impact on organizational performance because they are constrained by situational factors, it is argued here that the study and its derivatives have provided consistent and compelling evidence that individual leaders do make a difference The results of a study of large retail firms in the United Kingdom, designed to overcome the methodological problems of earlier studies of leadership and performance, are presented in support of this argumentread more
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Leadership and organizational performance: a study of large corporations
TL;DR: It appears that the importance of external restrictions, and hence the maximum possible leadership influence, may range widely between specific performance criteria, which suggests a perspective on organization performance that may be applied to the leadership influence in other large organizations and political bodies.