Abstract
The temporal pattern of activities undertaken by top managers has attracted much research attention recently. Top management team (TMT) polychronicity, the extent to which TMT members engage in multiple activities or tasks simultaneously, has been posited to influence strategic decision makings which in turn influence the performance of a firm. However, the specific direction of the influence of polychronicity remains inconclusive. In this paper, we argue that the relationship between TMT polychronicity and firm performance should not be linear. Specifically, TMTs with a moderate level of polychronicity will perform better than TMTs with very low or very high levels of polychronicity. Moreover, we introduce the tertius iungens orientation (TIO) of chief executive officers (CEOs) as the first-order moderator that may shift up the proposed inverted U-shaped relationship between TMT polychronicity and firm performance. In addition, we introduce industry growth as the second-order moderator that may enhance the moderating effect of CEO TIO. The results based on a survey sample of the TMTs of 141 Chinese new ventures support our arguments.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Academy of Management Proceedings 2016 |
Editors | Sonia Taneja |
Publisher | Academy of Management |
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Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2016 |
Event | 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016: Making Organizations Meaningful - Anaheim, United States Duration: 5 Aug 2016 → 9 Aug 2016 https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2016-making-organizations-meaningful (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2016/1 (Conference proceedings) http://my.aom.org/ProgramDocs/2016/pdf/AOM_2016_Annual_Meeting_Program.pdf |
Publication series
Name | Academy of Management Proceedings |
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Number | 1 |
Volume | 2016 |
ISSN (Print) | 0065-0668 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2151-6561 |
Conference
Conference | 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Anaheim |
Period | 5/08/16 → 9/08/16 |
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User-Defined Keywords
- firm performance
- tertus iungens orientation
- top management team polychronicity