皮莉莉编著的《抱负水平和权力对公司高管变更的影响--来自中国上市公司的经验分析》从前景理论、企业行为理论、委托-代理理论、战略权变理论和资源依赖理论等出发，现有西方的组织战略变化、公司抱负水平、公司权力等方面的文献进行了仔细梳理后，对抱负水平和组织内部权力结构对CEO变更的影响进行了理论分析，并提出了一个CEO变更的模型和一系列的假设。为了验证本研究提出的CEO变更模型和相关的假设，本研究收集了一个325家上市公司，从1997年到2006年10年的面板数据。广义估计方程，一种前沿的面板数据分析方法被用于分析CEO变更、董事会的抱负水平、以及CEO的权力水平之间的关系。为了增强本研究的可信程度，本研究同时还运用另一种前沿的面板数据分析方法，随机效应模型，来进行实证分析。

Chapter One Introduction

 1.1 Research background

 1.2 Research question

 1.3 Research objectives

 1.4 The significance of this research

 1.5 Overview of the thesis

 1.6 Chapter conclusion

Chapter Two The Chinese Institutional Context: Implications for CEO Turnover

 2.1 Introduction

 2.2 Economic development: 1978 -2013

 2.3 SOE reform: 1978 -2013

 2.4 Characteristics of listed companies in China

 2.5 Chapter conclusion

Chapter Three Literature Review

 3.1 Introduction

 3.2 CEO turnover: definition and categorisation

 3.3 Antecedents of forced CEO turnover

 3.4 CEO turnover and the aspiration level

 3.5 Chapter conclusion

Chapter Four Theoretical Framework and Hypothesis Development

 4.1 Introduction

 4.2 Theoretical framework: a model of CEO turnover

 4.3 Development of hypotheses

 4.4 Chapter conclusion

Chapter Five Research Methodology, Design, and Process

 5.1 Introduction

 5.2 Justification of the knowledge claim: a positivist perspective

 5.3 Justification of research strategy: quantitative research and secondary data

 5.4 Research method

 5.5 Chapter conclusion

Chapter Six Preliminary Data Analysis

 6.1 Introduction

 6.2 Demographic statistics of sample companies

 6.3 Descriptive statistics

 6.4 Correlation coefficient analysis

 6.5 Missing data patterns and mechanisms assessment

 6.6 Chapter conclusion

Chapter Seven Empirical Results

 7.1 Introduction

 7.2 The selection of the best correlation structure

 7.3 Estimated results for CEO turnover

 7.4 Estimated results for forced CEO turnover

 7.5 Estimated results for voluntary CEO turnover

 7.6 Summary of hypothesis testing

 7.7 Chapter conclusion

Chapter Eight Discussion

 8.1 Introduction

 8.2 Performance relative to a given aspiration level and CEO turnover

 8.3 CEO power and CEO turnover

 8.4 Control variables and CEO turnover

 8.5 Chapter conclusion

Chapter Nine Conclusion

 9.1 Introduction

 9.2 Principal findings

 9.3 Implications

 9.4 Contributions

 9.5 Limitations

 9.6 Directions for future study

References

Appendix Supporting Tables and Figures