%0 Journal Article
%T Environmental Scanning Practices and CEO¡¯s Profile | Znaidi | International Journal of Business and Management | CCSE
%A Afef Znaidi
%A Dorra Gherib
%J Home | International Journal of Business and Management | CCSE
%D 2019
%R 10.5539/ijbm.v14n6p160
%X The main aim of this research work is to study the influence of the CEO¡¯s (Chief Executive Officers) profile on environmental scanning practices (ESP) of industrial groups in Tunisia. Theoretical research has only supported the use of the CEO¡¯s profile attributes to embody the concept of individual determinants in our research model. The main objective is to measure the influence of the attributes of the CEO¡¯s profile on the company¡¯s environmental scanning practices (ESP). The methodology adopted is quantitative, and a questionnaire based survey based was conducted with a sample population, namely, subsidiaries of Tunisian groups. The main results from the exploration of the subsidiary¡¯s individual attributes linked to the CEO¡¯s profile and the test of the hypotheses show the absence of the influence of the type of the CEO¡¯s training and his experience on the groups¡¯ subsidiary environmental scanning practices in Tunisia. However, the results have also shown that the CEO¡¯s level of education had an influence on all the dimensions of environmental scanning practices, with the exception of information storage methods
%U http://www.ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ijbm/article/view/0/39508