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Leadership

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Leadership has been a defining focus in organizational research, and yet critical questions remain about the specific mechanisms by which leaders affect strategy and performance. We argue that, in addition to factors such as their individual attributes and behaviours, leaders who create and maintain a strategically relevant organizational culture and establish consistency in strategic orientation among their management teams enable their organizations to perform well. We also suggest that the very status that enables leaders to shape their organization also subjects them to the biases that are associated with attaining power.

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  1. Haas School of Business, Berkeley, CA, 94720-1900, USA

    Jennifer A. Chatman

  2. University of Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA, USA

    David F. Caldwell

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Chatman, J.A., Caldwell, D.F. (2016). Leadership. In: Augier, M., Teece, D. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_784-1

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