Journal article
Upper echelons research in marketing
Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Vol.49(1), pp.198-219
01/01/2021
DOI: 10.1007/s11747-020-00724-4
Abstract
Marketing scholars have recently embraced the study of the corporate upper echelons-the executives and board members atop the organizational hierarchy. However, management scholars have researched the upper echelons for decades, with frequent forays into the marketing strategy domain. As a result of progressing in two separate disciplines, the literature on marketing strategy and the upper echelons is fragmented and disjointed. We develop an organizing framework to review extant research and assess and synthesize the knowledge in the upper echelons marketing strategy domain. Our review covers the 14 most influential marketing and management journals from 1984 through February, 2020. Given the relative newness of this research within marketing, we develop a conceptual model fusing existing theory in the upper echelons and marketing strategy literatures, and use this to identify key blind spots and underdeveloped areas of knowledge caused by the two fields' independent evolutions. Finally, we also examine challenges associated with conducting research in this area and provide recommendations to help researchers and reviewers navigate these challenges to advance theory and practice.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Upper echelons research in marketing
- Creators
- Kimberly A. Whitler - University of VirginiaBen Lee - Indiana University BloomingtonRyan Krause - Texas Christian UniversityNeil A. Morgan - Indiana University Bloomington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Vol.49(1), pp.198-219
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11747-020-00724-4
- ISSN
- 0092-0703
- eISSN
- 1552-7824
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Number of pages
- 22
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2021
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship
- Record Identifier
- 9984936817302771
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