Harvard Business Review (China): Pitfalls and opportunities in CEO seeking advice
A study co-authored by Yasemin Kor, Beckwith Professor of Management Studies at Cambridge Judge Business School, on how CEOs receive advice regarding their businesses is featured in the Chinese-language edition of Harvard Business Review. The study is based on a review…
Management Today: Why your turnaround is failing
A study by Yasemin Kor, Beckwith Professor of Management Studies at Cambridge Judge Business School, is featured in the article. The study says CEOs of firms facing poor financial performance consult internal advisers who are less likely to offer fresh…
The Economic Times: How CEOs can seek advice: Avoid internal advisors, surround themselves with diverse ideas
CEOs of firms facing poor financial performance consult internal advisers who are less likely to offer fresh insight, says a comprehensive study co-authored by Professor Yasemin Kor of Cambridge Judge Business School. “When CEOs seek advice more from sources cognitively…
Confirming behaviour
CEOs of firms facing poor financial performance consult internal advisers who are less likely to offer fresh insight, says comprehensive study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School. Chief executive officers receive plenty of advice – from company boards, employees, financial…
The Irish Times: How to ensure your company is not stuck in the past
A study co-authored by Dr Yeun Joon Kim, University Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at Cambridge Judge, is featured in the article. The study found that leaders often transfer culture from their previous job and this can affect their decisions…
Financial Director: ArcelorMittal tight-lipped on CEO’s board attendance
Dr Simon Learmount, Lecturer in Corporate Governance at Cambridge Judge Business School, comments on board meetings and corporate governance. “In principle, directors need to make sure they are being transparent to shareholders, whether they recuse themselves or at least make…
The Economic Times of India: ‘Stuck in the past? New CEOs often try to transfer previous company’s culture’
The article co-authored by Dr Yeun Joon Kim, University Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour at Cambridge Judge Business School, examines how leaders transfer culture from their previous companies and this leads to bad decisions. “Leaders’ past cultural experiences colour what…
Stuck in the past
New CEOs and other leaders transfer culture from their previous jobs and this can 'blindside' them into proposing obsolete solutions to new problems, says a study authored at Cambridge Judge Business School, published in the Academy of Management Journal. In…
Narcissism and downsizing
Narcissism can help liberal-leaning CEOs in pushing corporate social responsibility, but it doesn't help conservative CEOs translate their ideology into downsizing, says a new study co-authored at Cambridge Judge Business School. Narcissism (as in arrogance and entitlement) and extraversion (as…
Executive pay survey
New research by Professor Raghavendra Rau of Cambridge Judge looks at CEO compensation theory and practice, drawing on academic literature over many decades. The level of executive (CEO) pay is frequently in the headlines, as shareholders have revolted against salary…
