CEO Succession and Shared Leadership: Which factors shape firm performance?

Journal title CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
Author/s Fabio Quarato, Domenico Rocco Cambrea, Francesco Laviola
Publishing Year 2023 Issue 2023/1
Language English Pages 28 P. 103-130 File size 0 KB
DOI 10.3280/cgrds1-2023oa15766
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This paper investigates the effect of CEO succession on the performance of family firms characterized by collegial leadership and the moderating role of the Family CEO, of the board of directors and by the size of the firm. The empirical analysis, carried out on a sample of Italian family firms for the years 2012-2016, shows a positive effect of succession on the performance of family businesses with shared leadership. Moreover, this relationship is negatively moderated by the composition of the co-leadership structure, the characteristics of the board of directors and the size of the firm.

Keywords: ; shared leadership; family firms; performance; CEO succession

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Fabio Quarato, Domenico Rocco Cambrea, Francesco Laviola, CEO Succession and Shared Leadership: Which factors shape firm performance? in "CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT STUDIES" 1/2023, pp 103-130, DOI: 10.3280/cgrds1-2023oa15766