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Adams, Renee B. [Author] ; Keloharju, Matti [Other]; Knüpfer, Samuli [Other]

Are CEOs Born Leaders? Lessons from Traits of a Million Individuals

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  • Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Are CEOs Born Leaders? Lessons from Traits of a Million Individuals
  • Contributor: Adams, Renee B. [Author]; Keloharju, Matti [Other]; Knüpfer, Samuli [Other]
  • Published: [S.l.]: SSRN, [2017]
  • Published in: IFN Working Paper ; No. 1024
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (60 p)
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2436765
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  • Footnote: Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments September 3, 2017 erstellt
  • Description: What makes a successful CEO? We combine a near-exhaustive sample of CEOs of Swedish companies with data on their cognitive and non-cognitive ability and height at age 18. CEOs differ from other high-skill professions most in non-cognitive ability. The median large-company CEO belongs to the top 5% of the population in the combination of the three traits. The traits have a monotonic and close to linear relationship with CEO pay, but their correlations with pay, firm size, and CEO fixed effects in firm policies are relatively low. Traits appear necessary, but not sufficient for making it to the top
  • Access State: Open Access