Top Management Turnover and Organizational Performance: A Test of a Contingency Model

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Boyne, George A.; James, Oliver; John, Peter; Petrovsky, Nicolai
• 署名单位: Cardiff University; University of Exeter; University of Manchester; University of Kentucky
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02389.x
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 572-581
• 关键词: executive turnover; PUBLIC MANAGEMENT; STRATEGIC CHANGE; UPPER ECHELONS; succession; CONSEQUENCES; GOVERNMENT; leadership; turbulence; STABILITY

摘要

A crucial test of whether management matters is whether changes in the team at the top of an organization make a difference. Focusing on turnover in the collective senior team rather than successions of individual chief executives, this article argues that the impact of leadership succession is contingent upon prior organizational performance. The evidence on English local government shows that changes in the top management team lead to improvements when initial performance is bad, but result in deterioration when initial performance is good. The results support the view that high-performing organizations should attempt to retain members of their senior management team, whereas low performers should seek to replace them.