CEO Health

Matti Keloharju; Samuli Knüpfer; Joacim Tåg

doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2022.101672

CEO Health

Matti Keloharju^*, Samuli Knüpfer, Joacim Tåg

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Nationalekonomi, Helsingfors

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Using comprehensive data on 28 cohorts in Sweden, we analyze CEO health and its determinants and outcomes. We find CEOs are in much better health than the population and on par with other high-skill professionals. These results apply in particular to mental health and to CEOs of larger companies. We explore three mechanisms that can account for CEOs’ robust health. First, we find health predicts appointment to a CEO position. Second, the CEO position has no discernible impact on the health of its holder. Third, poor health is associated with greater CEO turnover. Here, both contemporaneous health and health at the time of appointment matter. Poor CEO health also predicts poor firm outcomes. We find a statistically significant association between mental health and corporate performance for smaller-firm CEOs, for whom a one standard deviation deterioration in mental health translates into a performance reduction of 6% relative to the mean.

Originalspråk	Engelska
Artikelnummer	101672
Referentgranskad vetenskaplig tidskrift	The Leadership Quarterly
Volym	34
Nummer	3
Sidor (från-till)	101672
ISSN	1048-9843
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2022.101672
Status	Publicerad - 16.01.2023
MoE-publikationstyp	A1 Originalartikel i en vetenskaplig tidskrift

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Styrkeområden och områden med hög potential (AoS och AoHP)

AoS: Finansiering, redovisning och företagsstyrning

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