There's some suggestion that young and old Jobs had markedly distinct management styles.
That's ... also discussed in a talk somewhere that I've heard recently, though I don't recall by whom at the moment.
More generally, there's been subsstantial research of highly innovative companiess, most especially the research labs at DuPont (Hounshell, https://www.worldcat.org/title/science-and-corporate-strateg...), AT&T (Gertner https://www.worldcat.org/title/idea-factory-bell-labs-and-th...), the Manhattan project (various), and more. The lighter touch seems generally preferred.