Abstract
Despite their ubiquity and importance in the strategy process, strategic retreats have been poorly studied as a specific research field. On the impact of participant profile on the success of a strategic retreat, the literature is silent. In contrast, there exists a wide literature confronting the issue of the impact of demographics on managerial behaviour.
This study seeks to use the extant literature on the impact of managerial demographics to establish and test a raft of hypotheses on their impact on strategic retreat success. Data were gathered from over 200 managers in a variety of industry, organisation, and geographic contexts, and the impact of factors such as the gender, age, function, tenure, and education on perceived success of the retreat were empirically tested.
Results suggest that not only me many of the observations of managerial demographic effects in other contexts not directly transferable to the context of the retreat, but that some participant demographic factors do influence the outcome of a strategic retreat.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Management research, education and business success |
| Subtitle of host publication | is the future as clear as the past? : proceedings of the 2007 British Academy of Management Conference |
| Place of Publication | London |
| Publisher | British Academy of Management |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0954960831 |
| Publication status | Published - 2007 |
| Event | British Academy of Management Conference - Coventry, England Duration: 11 Sep 2007 → 13 Sep 2007 |
Conference
| Conference | British Academy of Management Conference |
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| City | Coventry, England |
| Period | 11/09/07 → 13/09/07 |