Donald C. Hambrick
Pennsylvania State University
Donald C. Hambrick is Evan Pugh Professor and the Smeal Chaired Professor of Management, Smeal College of Business, at The Pennsylvania State University. He is also Bronfman Professor Emeritus, Columbia Business School, Columbia University. An internationally recognized scholar in the field of top management, Don Hambrick is the author of numerous articles, chapters, and books on the topics of strategy formulation, strategy implementation, executive staffing and incentives, and the composition a
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Donald C. Hambrick is Evan Pugh Professor and the Smeal Chaired Professor of Management, Smeal College of Business, at The Pennsylvania State University. He is also Bronfman Professor Emeritus, Columbia Business School, Columbia University. An internationally recognized scholar in the field of top management, Don Hambrick is the author of numerous articles, chapters, and books on the topics of strategy formulation, strategy implementation, executive staffing and incentives, and the composition and processes of top management teams.
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Pennsylvania State University
Top Publications
- Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers (1984) - 10,350 citations
- Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers (1984) - 9,139 citations
- Upper Echelons Theory: An Update (2007) - 4,946 citations
- Top-Management-Team Tenure and Organizational Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Managerial Discretion (1990) - 2,211 citations
- The Influence of Top Management Team Heterogeneity on Firms' Competitive Moves (1996) - 2,164 citations
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- Full name
- Donald C. Hambrick
- ORCID
- 0000-0003-4154-2538
- OpenAlex ID
- https://openalex.org/A5063768682
Research interests
- Corporate Finance and Governance, Human Resource and Talent Management, Management and Organizational Studies, Organizational Management and Leadership, Leadership and Management in Organizations
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- Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers ↗1984 · Academy of Management Review10,350OpenAlex citations
- Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers ↗1984 · Academy of Management Review9,139OpenAlex citations
- Upper Echelons Theory: An Update ↗2007 · Academy of Management Review4,946OpenAlex citations
- Top-Management-Team Tenure and Organizational Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Managerial Discretion ↗1990 · Administrative Science Quarterly2,211OpenAlex citations
- The Influence of Top Management Team Heterogeneity on Firms' Competitive Moves ↗1996 · Administrative Science Quarterly2,164OpenAlex citations
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- Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers ↗1984 · Academy of Management Review
- Upper Echelons: The Organization as a Reflection of Its Top Managers ↗1984 · Academy of Management Review
- Upper Echelons Theory: An Update ↗2007 · Academy of Management Review
- Top-Management-Team Tenure and Organizational Outcomes: The Moderating Role of Managerial Discretion ↗1990 · Administrative Science Quarterly
- The Influence of Top Management Team Heterogeneity on Firms' Competitive Moves ↗1996 · Administrative Science Quarterly
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