Tikkanen, Henrikki Leader Personality, Managerial Attention, and Disruptive Technologies
This is an electronic reprint of the original article. This reprint may differ from the original in pagination and typographic detail. Tikkanen, Henrikki Leader personality, managerial attention, and disruptive technologies Published in: MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY DOI: 10.1080/17449359.2017.1308259 Published: 31/03/2017 Document Version Peer reviewed version Please cite the original version: Tikkanen, H. (2017). Leader personality, managerial attention, and disruptive technologies: the adoption of the battlecruiser concept in the Royal Navy, 1904–1918. MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY, 12(1), 47-75. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449359.2017.1308259 This material is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights, and duplication or sale of all or part of any of the repository collections is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for your research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form. You must obtain permission for any other use. Electronic or print copies may not be offered, whether for sale or otherwise to anyone who is not an authorised user. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) Tikkanen, Henrikki (2017) Leader Personality, Managerial Attention and Disruptive Technologies: The Adoption of the Battlecruiser Concept in the Royal Navy, 1904-1918, Management & Organizational History, 21(1), 47-75. Abstract Managerial attention to the leader’s strategic designs has been identified as a key prerequisite for success in the adoption of new technologies. The purpose of this study is to describe and analyze how the battlecruiser concept as an organizational gestalt was developed, adopted and assessed in the British Royal Navy (RN) in 1904- 1918 from the perspective of the top leader’s personality and managerial attention.
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