The top management team and corporate performance
研究了美国五大行业150家最大公司953名高管的特征与背景，发现高管特征能预测行业内绩效差异，且高绩效公司的高管特征跨行业相似。
Abstract This research tested the relationship between the characteristics and background of U.S. top executives, and measures of corporate performance. Data were obtained from 953 top managers; the dominant coalition of the largest 150 companies within five U.S. industries—dairy, footwear, tyres, mobile homes, and machine tools. Results were generally positive: managerial characteristics not only predicted performance variations within industries—the top performers having significantly different managerial profiles than poorly performing companies—but also that the characteristics of managers within high‐performing companies were similar across the five industries.