The question of whether the CEO should also serve as chairman of the board is one of themost hotly debated issues in the recent corporate governance discussion. While agencytheoreticarguments advocate a separation of decision and control functions, the empiricalevidence focusing on U.S....

Aufgrund verschiedener Entwicklungen befassen sich viele Schweizer Spitäler zurzeit mitFragen der Effizienzsteigerung und der Reorganisation. Beides geht oftmals mit derEinführung neuer (Führungs-)Strukturen einher, die die traditionelle ‚Duale-’ oder ‚Dreibein-Struktur’ durch eine...

The Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness (GLOBE) study is currentlythe most comprehensive research endeavor that set out to answer – amongst others – whether ornot charismatic/value-based leadership is universally seen to contribute to effective leadership.The results...

In a qualitative leadership study conducted in the German-speaking part of Switzerland thequest to be oneself i.e., to be authentic was found to be central for leadership. We will presentthe results in detail and highlight the difficulties leaders experience when trying to beauthentic in their...