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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"chief executive officer"”.
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Leadership in a Different Voice: An Ethnographic Study of a Latina Chief Executive Officer in a California Community College
The purpose of this ethnographic research was to discover the influence of President Judith Valles' gender and ethnicity on her leadership behavior at Golden West College in Huntington Beach, California, and to determine if similar influences existed among the other eight Hispanic women presidents …
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The two-and four-year chief executive officer in public higher education: perceived sources of stress, degree of distress, and coping strategies
… selected two-year and four-year higher education chief executive officers as to the sources of stress associated with the presidency, and what, if any, coping strategies they have developed. This study was guided by the following research questions: 1. What perceptions do selected two-year and …
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Resolution of critical educational issues decision processes of selected superintendents and a descriptive decision support system
… the decision making procedures of the school's chief executive officer when dealing with critical issues. The study was conducted by interviewing ten chief executive officers of Indiana school corporations. The data generated was reported in narrative and table form. The data was used to assess …
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Leading Up: How Community College Chief Executive Officers with Politically Appointed Governance Boards Optimize Their Effectiveness When Leading from a Subordinate Position
… the sector have changed, and there is a large chief executive officer retirement bubble on the horizon. These chief executive officers, operating from a subordinate position, are required to provide leadership for a board of trustees, who operate as the chief executive officer’s supervisor. …
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Statutory audit and corporate governance: Evidence from the small and medium-sized AIM companies
… adviser cum broker or the newly appointed chief executive officer does not influence the level of statutory audit fee. The second empirical study of this thesis reveals that the appointment of new chief executive officer or new nominated adviser can trigger the statutory auditor switching …
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Exploratory Study of Chief Information Officers in Fortune Service and Industrial Organizations
A survey was conducted of chief information officers (CIO's) in the 100 top-ranked Fortune Service organizations and in the 100 top-ranked Fortune Industrial organizations. A questionnaire was used to collect data on the following topics: the information activities managed, information-related …
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Describing Human Resource Development in Illinois Social Service Organizations
… Surveys were sent to the director, president, or chief executive officer in ail Illinois homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and child crisis centers to describe the HRD profiles of their organizations. The profiles examined the frequency of HRD activities, the job functions responsible …
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Board control, firm ownership structure, and chief executive compensation : an empirical analysis
… have an important role in the determination of chief executive officer (CEO) compensation in large U.S. corporations. This study uses a model of political factors to attempt to describe their influence on both the overall amount and form of CEO compensation under differing growth and risk …
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Venture Capital and Human Capital Patterns in Dual Use Hardware Startups in the United States and United Kingdom
… backgrounds and professional experiences of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer who likely influence strategic decisions. To provide a comparison, I identified the twin pairs of each company in the United Kingdom (U.K.) and examined their funding patterns and employee …
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Startup founders in high technology
… these days. Many founders transition into the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) role within their companies and are expected to have the knowledge to lead large organizations through these fast growth and transition periods at a rate much faster than previously encountered in history. While some …
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A case study of two administrators from an NGO who developed from novices to experts
… the key subjects (the administrators) and the chief executive officer (CEO) of the organisation as well as the self narrative as compiled by the administrators.This research questions formalised learning as the only form of acquiring knowledge and accordingly adopted workplace learning as a …
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The Impact of Social Influence Pressure on CFO Judgments
… influence of social influence pressure on the Chief Financial Officer’s (CFO’s) financial reporting decisions. Specifically, I evaluate the impact of inappropriate obedience and compliance pressure from the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on the CFO’s propensity to make revisions to financial …
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Succession rules for CEO in Japanese firms : institutions and agency
The succession of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has attracted growing attention from social scientists and management researchers. CEO succession provides a context in which individual decisions and agency, stakeholder interests and conflict, and the organizational needs for legitimacy and …
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Presidential Security: Bodies, Bubbles, & Bunkers
… logics and rationalities. The capturing of the Chief Executive Officer does not only rest on disciplinary techniques that restrict, but are also founded on the truth production of the Secret Service: presidents begin to accept and internalize the modus operandi of the Secret Service. They begin …
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Shared Organizational Culture and Leader Communication: A Study of Correlation
… subjects responded to the survey regarding the chief executive officer of a major restaurant chain based in San Diego. All but one null hypothesis were retained, which indicates that the shared culture between the leader and followers is not significantly correlated with either the leader's …
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An investigation into corporate governance practices at tier 3 state owned enterprises in Namibia
… the supervisory role of the board, the executive role of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), and how each influences corporate governance practices at the selected state-owned enterprises (SOEs). A review of existing literature, a multi-theory, multi-mechanisms approach, a qualitative …
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The Courage to Change: Striving for Magnet Hospital Recognition
… The objective of this study was to compare Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) perceptions of their innovativeness and leadership preferences in magnet hospitals and matched non-magnet hospitals as well as differences in the perceived organizational effectiveness. …
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Culture and corporate governance in South Africa.
… particular Board Chairman, Board Dominance and Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director) and other factors such as company characteristics, market and performance related variables. Third it investigates the views/opinions of key stakeholders [e.g. regulators, King Code Commissioners, companies …
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International Investments in Luxury Real Estate: An Evaluation of International Real Estate Investors and Developers Entering a Cross-Continental Market
… was based on interviews with two industry executives from the United States; John Grossman, the Chief Executive Officer of Grossman Company Properties and Scott Lockwood, Regional Vice President of Development, from Cambria Hotels by Choice Hotels International. The findings indicate that …
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