Title

Dysfunctional Executive Behavior: What Can Organizations Do?

Keywords

Accountability; CEO dysfunctional behavior; Discretion; Executive governance; Job design; Work design; Work relationships

Abstract

Much has been made of dysfunctional executive behavior in recent years. As such, the purpose of this article is to assist organizations in the design of executive work. To better construct a work environment that diminishes self-serving and unethical behavior, we propose that organizations structure an executive's work around three factors: the accountability environment, managerial discretion, and relationship composition. These factors are used to describe how organizations can better design executives' work so as to promote more desirable executive behavior. We describe how these factors should be calibrated, as well as how they affect each other. © 2010 Kelley School of Business, Indiana University.

Publication Date

11-1-2010

Publication Title

Business Horizons

Volume

53

Issue

6

Number of Pages

581-590

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bushor.2010.06.005

Socpus ID

77957811280 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/77957811280

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