Management Succession and Administrative Style

The Physical and Chemical Properties of Nucleic Acids

“…This has been solved for the electrostatic potential around a cylinder !in the presence of added salt both by approximation and numerically (90,125,128). There has been considerable discussion about the meaning of the observation that the counterion activity is much reduced in polyelectrolyte solutions, which is correctly predicted by the complete Poisson-Boltu.mann equation.…”

“…If the polymer is flexible, then its electrostatic energy and its configuration will be dependent upon one another in a complicated way. Recent studies have tended to assume rigid rod models of the polyelec'~rolyte, with a continuous uniform surface charge (90,125), or a set of discrete charges uniformly distributed along straight wire (126,127). The assumption is valid for computing the distribution of small ions:, since the most important forces are those which come from a relatively short and, therefore, rodlike segment of the polymer near the given ion.…”

Executive Succession: Past, Present & Future

“…They laid the groundwork for an increasingly large and complex research path, which required attention to both individual and organizational factors. Indeed, the Kotin and Sharaf (1967) study was among the first to underscore this point. Examining the administrative styles of predecessors and their successors, the authors found that both factors affected the successionperformance relationship.…”

“…In an attempt to understand the relationship between succession and performance, researchers focused on two types of contingency variables. The first group involved individual characteristics of the successor such as leadership style (Kotin & Sharaf, 1967). The second group involved organizational characteristics.…”

“…Trow (1961) 120 Undergraduate Students Grusky (1963) 135 Successions of Baseball Team Managers Gamson & Scotch (1964) 22 Baseball Teams With Midseason Manager Changes Grusky ( 1960) (Conceptual) Guest (1962) A Large Automobile Plant Zald (1965) A Large Service Organization Kotin & Sharaf (1967) A State Mental Hospital Grusky (1969) 40 Simulated Business Organizations Zald (1969) Chicago YMCAs Neither the rate nor the number of simultaneous successions are significantly related to post succession performance but variability in rate is negatively associated with performance. Both the rate of succession and variability in the rate are inversely related to post-succession performance.…”