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Co-leadership and Performance in Technology-Based Entrepreneurial Firms

Authors : Daniel Pittino, Francesca Visintin, Cristiana Compagno

Published in: Entrepreneurship and the Industry Life Cycle

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Abstract

The notion of co-leadership, defined as a structural arrangement where the formal responsibilities at the top of the company are attributed to multiple persons, is receiving increasing attention in recent years as one of the possible conceptualizations of the leadership “in plural form”. Our research aims at exploring the performance implications of co-leadership arrangements in the top management teams (TMTs) of technology based entrepreneurial firms, and at evaluating how such impact is likely to occur. The study is carried out on a sample of technology based entrepreneurial firms operating in Italy. Our study contributes mainly to the literature on co-leadership, by identifying different structural configurations of plural leadership and by shedding some light on the paths through which co-leadership arrangements have an impact on company performance.

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Metadata
Title
Co-leadership and Performance in Technology-Based Entrepreneurial Firms
Authors
Daniel Pittino
Francesca Visintin
Cristiana Compagno
Copyright Year
2018
Book
Entrepreneurship and the Industry Life Cycle

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-89335-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-89336-5

Copyright Year: 2018

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89336-5_5