Repositori URV

Identifier: imarina:9443072

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/imarina9443072

Authors:
Giancarlo Saavedra ChauPaul Capriotti

Abstract:
Chief executive officers have transformed into social CEOs, discovering a new avenue on social media for dialogue and interaction with their audiences. This research makes a significant contribution to the field as it aims to analyze CEOs’ presence and activity on social media. It provides a detailed comparison of the differences and similarities between CEOs of global and Latin American companies, based on the Fortune Global 500 and América Economía 500 rankings, respectively. We identified 537 social media profiles of 1,029 CEOs and studied 23,549 own and shared publications on LinkedIn, X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, and YouTube. CEOs have significantly increased their presence on social media in recent years, with most having active profiles but low publication volumes. LinkedIn emerges as the favored platform for CEOs. American (globally) and Brazilian (at the Latin American level) CEOs lead the pack in social networking activities. Despite some areas for improvement, CEOs have shown progress in their social media engagement compared to the publication levels observed in other studies and sectors. The article offers academics and professionals a comprehensive overview of the presence and activity of CEOs on social platforms. It also presents methodological guidelines for future research and outlines three types of social CEOs: active, moderate, and passive.