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Optimal Psychological Autonomy and its Implications for Selecting Portfolio CEOs

Leslie Pratch and Jordan Jacobowitz
The Journal of Private Equity Winter 2007, 11 (1) 53-70; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3905/jpe.2007.699058
Leslie Pratch
Advises private equity investors, corporate directors, and senior executives whether the individuals being considered for a firm's most important strategic and operational responsibilities possess the psychological resources and personality strengths needed to be successful. She is a clinical psychologist based in Chicago, IL.
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Jordan Jacobowitz
An associate professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and adjunct senior lecturer at Northwestern University's Counseling Psychology Department in Chicago, IL.
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This article demonstrates the relationship between two dimensions of the active coping style “psychological autonomy and instrumental coping” and leadership effectiveness. Conceptually, we focus on the portfolio CEO, for whom psychological autonomy is crucial in resolving potential tensions between the demands of running a company and satisfying investors' expectations for returns. The CEO's psychological autonomy manifests itself as an ability to recognize and respect the aims and feelings of investors and organizational constituents while maintaining a sense of objectivity and personal agency that allows for creative, workable resolutions to conflicts. The successful CEO cannot become a sole representative of either side, nor become fully independent and rejecting of any side, but must function as a participant intermediary who employs lucid reasoning and an unfaltering sense of integrity.

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The Journal of Private Equity Nov 2007, 11 (1) 53-70; DOI: 10.3905/jpe.2007.699058

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