Vries, Manfred Kets de - In: European Management Journal 12 (1994) 3, pp. 259-264
Many middle-aged CEOs feel they have been in the job too long, but fear the alternative - they experience the 'blues'. Manfred Kets de Vries explores the question of whether there is an optimum time for a CEO to be effective in the job, and if there is such a thing as a life-cycle for CEOs....