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A measure of ceo social power in strategic decision‐making
Author(s) -
Pearce John A.,
Robinson Richard B.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.4250080307
Subject(s) - field (mathematics) , power (physics) , measure (data warehouse) , strategic management , business , interpersonal communication , gauge (firearms) , knowledge management , psychology , marketing , management science , computer science , social psychology , economics , mathematics , physics , archaeology , quantum mechanics , database , history , pure mathematics
For the strategic management field to advance its understanding of the interpersonal dimensions of strategic decision‐making, valid and reliable measures of power and influence need to be developed. Research in the discipline would also be subsequently likely to enjoy enhanced viability and greater cross‐discipline confidence if it was based on proven measures. For these reasons, field research was undertaken to determine if a modified version of an existing instrument (Spekman, 1979), designed to gauge social power at low organizational levels, could be used to measure the exercise of CEO power in strategic decision‐making.