ABSTRACT
Despite the importance of leaders at the top levels of organizations, there has been relatively little research on executive selection. There is a large literature on leadership concepts (Den Hartog & Koopman, 2001) and leadership development (Day, 2001), but surprisingly little empirical research on selecting leaders into top-level positions. Recent books on selection (Evers, Anderson, & Voskuijl, 2005) provide little or no guidance on the selection of executive leaders, despite the fact that selection of personnel is a major area of practice in industrial-organizational (I-O) psychology, and executive selection is extremely important in any organization.
