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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"upper echelons theory"”.
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Exploring the Belief Systems of Senior Managers: Antecedents of Managerial Discretion
Upper-echelons theory has been an extremely active stream of research for over two-decades and, as a counterbalance to the population ecology perspective, has provided evidence to support the position that managers influence firm outcomes. Upper-echelons theory posits that, as managers are …
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TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM HETEROGENEITIES AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: THE MODERATING ROLE OF BOARD COMPOSITION
… team heterogeneities and firm performance. The upper echelons theory would contend that outside directors with their valuable resources (information, skills, and network) and the tendency to challenge and initiate cognitive conflicts with top management teams can improve the quality of strategic …
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FAMILY FIRM INNOVATION: THE ROLE OF LEADER DARK TRIAD PERSONALITY AND SOCIOEMOTIONAL WEALTH IMPORTANCE
… on firm innovativeness. </p> <p>Drawing on Upper Echelons Theory, this research contends that the dark personality traits (i.e., narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy) of these leaders relate to various socioemotional wealth importance dimensions (SEWi), including family prominence, …
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The Strategic Fit Between Board of Directors Characteristics and the External Environment, and its Effect on Firm Reputation
This study integrates upper echelons and contingency perspectives in examining the effects of boards of directors on firm reputation. First, using upper echelons theory, I derive hypotheses about how the human and social capital, and the demographic characteristics of the board affect corporate …
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Using Financial and Accounting Analytics for a Multi-faceted Assessment of Board Age Diversity and Its Impact on Firm Performance
… uniformly distributed across age groups. Using upper echelons theory, agency theory, and the resource-based view, this study makes the case that board age diversity can impact board effectiveness, and influence firm performance. Using rigorous analyses on 10 years of listed firms’ archival data, …
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THE IMPACT OF EXECUTIVES WITH SUPPLY CHAIN AND OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE ON THE FIRM’S SUPPLY PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT AND INVENTORY INVESTMENTS
… Essay 1 of the dissertation is grounded in upper echelons theory (UET) and analyzes how differences in the supply chain and operations managers on the firm’s top management team (TMT) impact the firm’s strategic supplier portfolio management (SPM). Strategic SPM requires the firm to set up …
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CEO Extraversion and Management Earnings Forecasts
… earnings forecasts. My study also extends the Upper Echelons Theory (Hambrick and Mason 1984; Hambrick 2007) by showing that management forecasting, a complex and important corporate decision, reflects the personalities of top managers.
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Corporate Donations to Social Justice: The Influence of Board Diversity
… the fight against racism is scarce. Drawing on upper echelons theory, this dissertation considers the impact of managerial characteristics in determining corporate giving to social justice causes. The purpose of this dissertation is to extend current research on corporate giving by empirically …
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THE ENTREPRENEURIAL TEAM AND EARLY STAGE SUCCESS OF START-UPS
… already high importance. This study builds on upper echelons theory and human capital theory and applies them to the entrepreneurial ecosystem. By focusing on early-stage new technology ventures founded in Israel in recent years, and empirically testing the influence of factors such as …
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Dark Personality Traits and Board Leadership: Three Essays on the Enactment of Governance Authority
… through individual discretion. Drawing on upper echelons theory and personality psychology, I propose that subclinical personality traits—specifically narcissism—serve as a critical mechanism linking ambiguous authority to behavioral variance. I focus on the role of the board chair, a …
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An Examination of the Influence of Top Executives on Entrepreneurial Orientation
… both the entrepreneurial orientation concept and upper echelons theory in an attempt to evaluate how the characteristics of the top management team (TMT) are related to the firm’s exhibition of an entrepreneurial orientation. It is posited that the more heterogeneous the team in industry and …
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Corporate Actions and Outcomes Under Multifaceted Market Landscape
… tournament incentives.' Drawing from tournament theory, a larger pay gap intensifies the career-enhancement incentives for the focal CEO, subsequently steering the firm's strategic compass. CEOs with pronounced industry tournament incentives exhibit a propensity for distinctive strategies, …
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Essays on the Determinants and Consequences of Corporate Biodiversity Disclosure
… sectors, supporting Resource Dependence Theory (RDT) and Upper Echelons Theory (UET). BSD, framed through Stakeholder-Agency Theory, has a more complex effect: although it enhances oversight, it may also introduce rigidity that limits deeper engagement. These findings underscore the need …
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Developing a leadership framework for improving construction business organisation performance in South Africa
… draws from theoretical perspectives, namely the ‘upper echelons' theory, strategic leadership theory, and the Full Range Leadership Model (FRLM), to develop a conceptual framework. A convergent mixed-method research design was used to advance the investigation. Fifteen semi-structured interviews …
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(International) top managers – Strategic implications for innovativeness, risk and digital transformation
… the dissertation provides novel insights to upper echelons research. The first study examines the association between top management team (TMT) internationalization and firm innovativeness and argues that the accumulation of international knowledge and resources in the TMT benefits firm …
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Cultural predictions of entrepreneurial orientation and the moderating role of entrepreneurial competencies on graduate entrepreneurial intentions: A cross-sectional survey of East Africa
… EO and entrepreneurial intention? Using the theory of planned behavior (TPB), upper echelons theory and image theory, this study seeks to address these questions based on a pragmatic paradigm and thus a mixed methods approach in two phases. Phase one of the study was qualitative consisting of …