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The Relationship Between CEO Childhood Socioeconomic Status and Their Leadership Through the Pandemic

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  • In this paper, I examine the relationship between CEO childhood socioeconomic status and the adjustments made to company policies throughout the pandemic. My hypothesis is that the CEOs who come from a low income socioeconomic status will enact less labor friendly policies as a result of their formation of occupational norms and environment during their childhood. Previous research has shown there to be a relationship between CEOs raised in low socioeconomic class families their unwillingness to invest in employee friendly firm policies as a result of their psychological and sociological development that occurred within the early years of adolescents. The pandemic gives insight into company leadership through their various attempts to assist employees, customers, and stakeholders during a time with significant hardships. My findings are inconclusive, but the significant aspects of the data suggest that the CEOs who came from a lower socioeconomic class, which most likely experienced more adversity in their adolescence, are potentially better equipped to handle the drastic company changes that have come from the pandemic.
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