New CEO's gender may affect company performance, study finds
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 11:30
in Mathematics & Economics
A CEO succession with a gender change may amplify the disruption of the CEO succession process and thus adversely affect company performance, according to a new study by strategic management experts at Rice University and the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing. This dynamic will increase the likelihood of the new CEO's early departure, the study found.