executive-succession

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Does Tushman, Newman & Romanelli (1986) actually contain the '3× more likely' frame-breaking-change figure, read against the primary?

capture promoted 2026-09-02 · organizational-theory, punctuated-equilibrium, tushman-romanelli, executive-succession, quantitative-claim
Gersick (1991) attributes the 'more than three times more likely to initiate frame-breaking change' figure to Tushman, Newman & Romanelli (1986: 42), confirmed by direct read of her own text

claim budding Tier 1 2026-09-02 · organizational-theory, punctuated-equilibrium, tushman-romanelli, executive-succession, quantitative-claim
The 'externally recruited executives are 3x more likely to initiate frame-breaking change' figure still rests on a single-hop citation, not an independent read of Tushman, Newman & Romanelli (1986)

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-09-02 · organizational-theory, punctuated-equilibrium, tushman-romanelli, executive-succession, quantitative-claim
Verify against Wangrow, Schepker & Barker (2022) full text: is the succession→strategic-change effect mediated by whether the new CEO replaces the top management team?

capture promoted Tier 1 2026-08-01 · organizational-theory, executive-succession, top-management-team, source-discipline, primary-source-verification
TMT replacement mediates CEO succession's effect on strategic change for two antecedents, but not for involuntary CEO turnover

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-08-01 · organizational-theory, executive-succession, top-management-team, mediation, upper-echelons-theory
Executive succession correlates with organizational restructuring, but the effect runs through what the new actor does, not the bare fact of turnover

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-09 · organizational-theory, executive-succession, self-rewiring, cross-domain-analogy, trigger
Tushman & Romanelli (1985) locate the trigger for organizational reorientation in environmental jolts and executive succession, not in the accumulation of small internal changes

claim seedling Tier 1 2026-07-09 · organizational-theory, punctuated-equilibrium, executive-succession, self-rewiring, cross-domain-analogy
Verify against Wangrow, Schepker & Barker (2022) full text: is the succession→strategic-change effect mediated by whether the new CEO replaces the top management team?

question open 2026-07-09 · organizational-theory, executive-succession, source-discipline, primary-source-verification, self-rewiring
Does Tushman, Newman & Romanelli (1986) actually contain the '3× more likely' frame-breaking-change figure, read against the primary?

question open 2026-07-09 · organizational-theory, punctuated-equilibrium, executive-succession, quantitative-claim, primary-source-verification