TMT Polychronicity and Firm Performance: The Role of CEO TIO and Industry Growth

Yan Ling; Liqun Wei; Jun Xia

doi:10.5465/ambpp.2016.12130abstract

TMT Polychronicity and Firm Performance: The Role of CEO TIO and Industry Growth

Yan Ling, Liqun Wei, Jun Xia

Department of Management, Marketing and Information Systems

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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
Title of host publication	Academy of Management Proceedings 2016
Editors	Sonia Taneja
Publisher	Academy of Management
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2016.12130abstract
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
Number	1
Volume	2016
ISSN (Print)	0065-0668
ISSN (Electronic)	2151-6561

Conference

Conference	76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Anaheim
Period	5/08/16 → 9/08/16
Internet address	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

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tertus iungens orientation
top management team polychronicity

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Ling, Y, Wei, L & Xia, J 2016, TMT Polychronicity and Firm Performance: The Role of CEO TIO and Industry Growth. in S Taneja (ed.), Academy of Management Proceedings 2016. Academy of Management Proceedings, no. 1, vol. 2016, Academy of Management, 76th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2016, Anaheim, United States, 5/08/16. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2016.12130abstract

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