Dismissal (or involuntary exit) of the chief executive officer (CEO) is a significant milestone with substantial implications for organizations and their members. The growing occurrence of CEO dismissals, and increased academic interest in this area, motivates our comprehensive multidisciplinary synthesis of the extant literature. Our analysis is organized around understanding the antecedents and outcomes of CEO dismissal, and the relevant moderators that play a contingent role in the nomological network. Based on our synthesis of the extant cross-disciplinary literature, we offer a multilevel organizing framework articulating the current state of research on CEO dismissal. In doing so, we catalog and analyze the concepts, theories, and constructs prevalent in the CEO dismissal literature. We also offer an in-depth discussion for the field going forward and identify a constructive agenda for future research on CEO dismissal.

首席执行官（CEO）的解雇（或非自愿退出）是一个重要的里程碑，对组织及其成员具有重大影响。CEO被解雇的现象越来越多，并且在这一领域的学术兴趣日益增强，这促使我们对现有文献进行全面的多学科综合。我们的分析是围绕了解CEO辞退的前因和结果，以及在法理网络中扮演临时角色的相关主持人而进行的。在综合现有跨学科文献的基础上，我们提供了一个多层次的组织框架，阐明了关于CEO辞退的研究现状。在此过程中，我们对CEO解雇文献中普遍存在的概念，理论和结构进行了分类和分析。