The demand for executive skills

Joe Fuller, Stephen Hansen, Tejas Ramdas and Raffaella Sadun

CEP Discussion Papers from Centre for Economic Performance, LSE

Abstract: We use a unique corpus of job descriptions for C-suite positions to document skills requirements in top managerial occupations across a large sample of firms. A novel algorithm maps the text of each executive search into six separate skill clusters reflecting cognitive, interpersonal, and operational dimensions. The data show an increasing relevance of social skills in top managerial occupations, and a greater emphasis on social skills in larger and more information intensive organizations. The results suggest the need for training, search and governance mechanisms able to facilitate the match between firms and top executives along multiple and imperfectly observable skills.

Keywords: job descriptions; skills requirements; C-suite positions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-09-08
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Working Paper: The demand for executive skills (2021)
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Working Paper: The Demand for Executive Skills (2021)
Working Paper: The demand for executive skills (2021)
Working Paper: The Demand for Executive Skills (2021)
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