Journal of Northeastern University(Social Science) ›› 2012, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (4): 318-324.DOI: -

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Research on Competencies of Top Managers in Entrepreneurial-oriented CompaniesBased on Content Analysis of Recruitment Advertisements of Listed companies

JIA Jian-feng1, WANG Guo-feng2, WANG Ying-nan3   

  1. (1. School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China; 2. School of Management and Economics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China; 3. Shenyang Power Supply Company, Shenyang 110003, China)
  • Received:2011-11-23 Revised:2011-11-23 Online:2012-07-25 Published:2015-11-10
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Abstract: The effect of strategic orientation on competencies of top managers has been ignored in the existing research literature. From the perspective of entrepreneurial orientation and based on the recruitment advertisements of 91 listed companies on Growth Enterprise Market (GEM), this paper studied the competencies of top managers from the aspects of threshold competency and differentiating competency by means of content analysis. Two conclusions were drawn: In the aspect of threshold competency, entrepreneurial-oriented companies set a higher threshold in the educational background and placed more emphasis on practitioner time in the experience background, management experience and industrial operation modes in the knowledge background, and business-related majors in the professional background. In the aspect of differentiating competency, entrepreneurial-oriented companies focused on such competencies as interpersonal communication, adaptability, negotiation, business extension, teamwork, planning, independent problem analysis and solving together with organization and coordination.

Key words: entrepreneurial orientation, competency of top manager, recruitment advertisement, content analysis

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