We investigate CEO power on corporate performance in Sri Lanka, characterized by ethno-linguistic and religious boundaries and complex power hierarchies, and by ethnic conflicts and a subsequent reconciliation process. We focus on a CEO’s social-dominance power, based on ethnicity, gender, and...

This paper analyzes the labor market (turnover and appointments) of executive and non-executive directors by means of social network methodology. We find that directors with strong networks are able to obtain labor market information that enables them to leave their firm more easily for better...