Yurtoglu, BurcinAranda Gutierrez, Ana MilenaTrubrig, Bernhard2018-01-092018-01-092017-11-272017http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/23838This master’s thesis aims to examine whether corporate managers and specifically CEOs and their identities, influence performance in the companies they lead. The term identity hereby refers to a broad set of attributes of a manager, ranging from externally observable characteristics such as age or gender, over personal skills such as experience and education to generalized characteristics such as attitude towards leadership. Managers, as referred to in this thesis, are members of organizations, who are expected to be of sufficient importance to the company’s success to be relevant to financial performance; these are CEOs and other managers in principal roles. It is found that the identities of managers matter for firm performance in a significant and a manifold way. This argumentation is founded on a comprehensive overview of existing literature. Further, an empirical study conducted by the author confirms literature findings.engmaster thesis201819090