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Executives appear to be power-hungry and focused only on advancing up the hierarchy My research on high potentials portrays a more complex executive portrait. If we get close up and inside the mind and heart of the individual highflyer, we discover a more diverse set of internal career orientations that deep down guide their behaviour.
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Derr, B.C. (2010). The Internal Career Orientations of Executives. In: Bournois, F., Duval-Hamel, J., Roussillon, S., Scaringella, JL. (eds) Handbook of Top Management Teams. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230305335_13
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