The founding fathers of grounded theory (GT) claimed it is an inductive methodological approach. Yet, some scholars argue that purely inductive GTs are not possible given researchers’ involvement in data collection and analysis. Subsequently, a constructivist GT approach was introduced. Still, full-length methodological articles that include rationales or detailed explanations for using constru...

In this paper we study some causes and consequences of founder-CEO replacements among a sample of 4,172 Danish startups created by single founders in 1999 and 2000. In contrast to the extant literature on VC-financed firms, replacements among firms in our sample are more likely among the worstand best-performing firms, and replacement is not unambiguously associated with better subsequent perfo...

Jie Chen,1, ∗ Gang Zhang,2, † and Baowen Li1, 3, ‡ 1Department of Physics, Centre for Computational Science and Engineering, and Graphene Research Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore 2Key Laboratory for the Physics and Chemistry of Nanodevices and Department of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, People’s Republic of China 3NUS-Tongji Center for Pho...

A Theory of Expert Leadership How much knowledge should leaders have of their organization’s core business? This is an important question but not one that has been addressed in the management literature. In a new ‘theory of expert leadership’ (TEL), this paper blends conceptual work with recent empirical evidence. It suggests that organizations perform more effectively when led by individuals w...

We content analyzed CEO communications of a large MNC to examine the values that constitute its organizational identity and surveyed 4530 stakeholders to identify global and local managerial roles. Findings suggest that MNC CEO endorsed global culture values integrating local culture with company values that manifest in mid-level managers’ roles.