Holding Out for a Hero: Linking Vacancy Duration and Managerial Fit

• In Event: JSS: Contemporary Issues in Public Administration and Management

Brief Overview

Using data on the presidential hires of the top 150 doctoral-granting institutions of higher education in the U.S. between 2004-2019, this study aims to identify the effect of executive vacancy duration on the level of fit in the eventual successor.

Author

• Breck Wightman, Indiana University-Bloomington