People, places, and life transitions: Consequential experiences in the lives of management laureates

Eric W. Ford; W. Jack Duncan; Arthur G. Bedeian; Peter M. Ginter

People, places, and life transitions: Consequential experiences in the lives of management laureates

Eric W. Ford, W. Jack Duncan, Arthur G. Bedeian, Peter M. Ginter

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Abstract

We analyzed the autobiographies of 55 "management laureates" to learn how their life experiences influenced their careers and intellectual contributions. Our results indicate the probability of becoming a management laureate is enhanced by (a) receiving a doctoral degree from a prestigious university under the tutelage of an accomplished scholar; (b) seeking out and affiliating with a hot group at the beginning of one's career; (c) devoting a majority of one's energy to research; and (d) pursuing a research agenda with long-term implications, as reputations are rarely established early in one's career.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	408-421
Number of pages	14
Journal	Academy of Management Learning and Education
Volume	5
Issue number	4
State	Published - Dec 2006
Externally published	Yes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management
Education

Cite this

@article{70655ed451684b42913f488c1b312731,

title = "People, places, and life transitions: Consequential experiences in the lives of management laureates",

abstract = "We analyzed the autobiographies of 55 {"}management laureates{"} to learn how their life experiences influenced their careers and intellectual contributions. Our results indicate the probability of becoming a management laureate is enhanced by (a) receiving a doctoral degree from a prestigious university under the tutelage of an accomplished scholar; (b) seeking out and affiliating with a hot group at the beginning of one's career; (c) devoting a majority of one's energy to research; and (d) pursuing a research agenda with long-term implications, as reputations are rarely established early in one's career.",

author = "Ford, {Eric W.} and Duncan, {W. Jack} and Bedeian, {Arthur G.} and Ginter, {Peter M.}",

year = "2006",

month = dec,

language = "English (US)",

volume = "5",

pages = "408--421",

journal = "Academy of Management Learning and Education",

issn = "1537-260X",

publisher = "George Washington University",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - People, places, and life transitions

T2 - Consequential experiences in the lives of management laureates

AU - Ford, Eric W.

AU - Duncan, W. Jack

AU - Bedeian, Arthur G.

AU - Ginter, Peter M.

PY - 2006/12

Y1 - 2006/12

N2 - We analyzed the autobiographies of 55 "management laureates" to learn how their life experiences influenced their careers and intellectual contributions. Our results indicate the probability of becoming a management laureate is enhanced by (a) receiving a doctoral degree from a prestigious university under the tutelage of an accomplished scholar; (b) seeking out and affiliating with a hot group at the beginning of one's career; (c) devoting a majority of one's energy to research; and (d) pursuing a research agenda with long-term implications, as reputations are rarely established early in one's career.

AB - We analyzed the autobiographies of 55 "management laureates" to learn how their life experiences influenced their careers and intellectual contributions. Our results indicate the probability of becoming a management laureate is enhanced by (a) receiving a doctoral degree from a prestigious university under the tutelage of an accomplished scholar; (b) seeking out and affiliating with a hot group at the beginning of one's career; (c) devoting a majority of one's energy to research; and (d) pursuing a research agenda with long-term implications, as reputations are rarely established early in one's career.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33846781219&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=33846781219&partnerID=8YFLogxK

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:33846781219

SN - 1537-260X

VL - 5

SP - 408

EP - 421

JO - Academy of Management Learning and Education

JF - Academy of Management Learning and Education

IS - 4

ER -

People, places, and life transitions: Consequential experiences in the lives of management laureates

Abstract

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this