Flying Too Close to the Sun? Hubris Among CEOs and How to Prevent it
By Valérie Petit, Helen Bollaert. 2012
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Subfields: Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science
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- The Right People in the Wrong Places: The Paradox of Entrepreneurial Entry and Successful Opportunity Realization (2015, background): “At the same time, individuals’ perceptions alone are insufficient for explaining how they behave in response to the possibilities they perceive (Petit & Bollaert, 2012).”
- The Origin of Failure: A Multidisciplinary Appraisal of the Hubris Hypothesis and Proposed Research Agenda (2014, background): “The hubris hypothesis complements the extant debate on managerial judgments and decisions in organization and their impact on firm performance (Chatterjee & Hambrick, 2007; Hayward & Hambrick, 1997; Hiller & Hambrick, 2005; Malmendier & Tate, 2005a; Petit & Bollaert, 2012; Roll, 1986; Skala, 2008).”
- Executive Hubris: The Case of a Bank CEO (2013, unknown): “Bollaert and Petit (2012 forthcoming) review hubris and corporate executives. They note the overlap and similarity between hubris and other behavioural tendencies, such as overconfidence and narcissism. Bollaert and Petit (2010) highlight the lack of a precise definition of hubris to operationalise ”