TY - JOUR
T1 - Top management turnover and organizational performance
T2 - A test of a contingency model
AU - Boyne, George A.
AU - James, Oliver
AU - John, Peter
AU - Petrovsky, Nicolai
PY - 2011/7
Y1 - 2011/7
N2 - A crucial test of whether "management matters" is whether changes in the team at the top of an organization make a difference. Focusing on turnover in the collective senior team rather than successions of individual chief executives, this article argues that the impact of leadership succession is contingent upon prior organizational performance. The evidence on English local government shows that changes in the top management team lead to improvements when initial performance is bad, but result in deterioration when initial performance is good. The results support the view that high-performing organizations should attempt to retain members of their senior management team, whereas low performers should seek to replace them.
AB - A crucial test of whether "management matters" is whether changes in the team at the top of an organization make a difference. Focusing on turnover in the collective senior team rather than successions of individual chief executives, this article argues that the impact of leadership succession is contingent upon prior organizational performance. The evidence on English local government shows that changes in the top management team lead to improvements when initial performance is bad, but result in deterioration when initial performance is good. The results support the view that high-performing organizations should attempt to retain members of their senior management team, whereas low performers should seek to replace them.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=79959881161&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02389.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2011.02389.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:79959881161
SN - 0033-3352
VL - 71
SP - 572
EP - 581
JO - Public Administration Review
JF - Public Administration Review
IS - 4
ER -