This paper empirically investigates how Chinese executives and managers perceive and interpret corporate social … responsibility (CSR), to what extent firms' productive characteristics influence managers' attitudes towards their CSR rating, and … in poorer regions that are more likely to have managers who opt for a higher CSR rating. Managers' personal …

bad luck and may find it difficult to identify and attract talented managers from other clubs. Indeed, most of the … literature indicates little improvement in team performance when one coach replaces another. Equally, Head Coaches may have few …

reweight teams' performance prior to the departure of a Coach so that trends in team performance prior to the departure match … spells which ended with a Coach remaining in post. Consistent with theory, Head Coach quits have little or no impact on team … performance whereas teams who fire their Head Coach experience small but statistically significant improvements in team …

an optimal response of the winner's prize to the size of the contestant pool is more evident for China's listed firms … to decide on the tournament winner). Using comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 … effort and hence improved firm performance, and that the performance effect of the winner's prize is greater for China …

managers and thus possibly making China's listed firms less effective in solving the agency problem. As such, ownership …This paper provides evidence on how executive compensation relates to firm performance in listed firms in China. Using … comprehensive financial and accounting data on China's listed firms from 1998 to 2002, augmented by unique data on executive …

This paper develops a novel method to identify the causal contribution of managers to team performance. The method … someone who consistently causes their team to produce more than the sum of their parts. Good managers have roughly twice the … impact on team performance as good workers. People who nominate themselves to be in charge perform worse than managers …

show that general manager pay decreases as functional managers join the executive team suggesting a shift in activities … number of managers reporting directly to the CEO doubled, the growth was driven primarily by functional managers rather than … general managers. Using panel data on senior management positions, we explore the relationship between changes in executive …