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Chairmen and Chief Executives: an Exploration of Their Relationship

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This longitudinal study of the relations between 20 general managers and their chairmen in the UK National Health Service has wider implications despite its distinctive setting. It showed that the two roles are very dependent upon each other, and occupy overlapping domains, so that what each can do is considerably affected by the other's behaviour. the chairman has more power to determine their relative domains so that studies of individual chief executives should take account of this relationship. the ways in which both chairmen and general managers played their roles differed widely. One reason for the differences in the chairmen's roles was the wide variation in the time that they gave to the job. Different types of relationship are described. the most common was that of partners where the two complemented each other. the study crosses different literatures: corporate management, leadership, role theory and managerial work and behaviour. Its main concern is with managerial work and behaviour but it also has some implications for corporate management.

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  • R. Stewart, 1991. "Chairmen and Chief Executives: an Exploration of Their Relationship," Journal of Management Studies, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 28(5), pages 511-528, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jomstd:v:28:y:1991:i:5:p:511-528
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.1991.tb00766.x
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    1. Pieter-Jan Bezemer & Stefan Peij & Gregory Maassen & Han Halder, 2012. "The changing role of the supervisory board chairman: the case of the Netherlands (1997–2007)," Journal of Management & Governance, Springer;Accademia Italiana di Economia Aziendale (AIDEA), vol. 16(1), pages 37-55, February.
    2. Apu Manna & Tarak Nath Sahu & Arindam Gupta, 2016. "Impact of Ownership Structure and Board Composition on Corporate Performance in Indian Companies," Indian Journal of Corporate Governance, , vol. 9(1), pages 44-66, June.
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    4. Roszaini Haniffa & Mohammad Hudaib, 2006. "Corporate Governance Structure and Performance of Malaysian Listed Companies," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 33(7‐8), pages 1034-1062, September.

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