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Conference Paper: Multinationality and performance: the mediating role of Top Management Team national diversity
Title | Multinationality and performance: the mediating role of Top Management Team national diversity |
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Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | Academy of International Business. The Journal's web site is located at http://aib.msu.edu/publications/confproceed.asp |
Citation | The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (AIB 2011), Nagoya, Japan, 24-28 June 2011. In Academy of International Business Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2011, p. 136-137 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Despite the abundant research on multinationality and performance there is little consensus on this relationship. This paper is a response to both the lack of managerial influence, and to the lack of attention to mediating variables in prior multinationality–performance research. Upper echelons theory states that the demographic characteristics of top managers influence a firm’s strategic direction, and therefore outcomes such as firm performance. Thus, we argue that the national diversity within top management teams provides useful knowledge that improves the performance of multinational companies. Also, if the multinationality of companies is one of the causes of increasing national diversity within top management teams, then diversity should mediate the multinationality-performance relationship. We examine these relationships in a sample of the largest Western-European multinationals. The findings show a positive relationship between multinationality and performance. We also find evidence for a mediating effect of top management team’s national diversity within the multinationality–performance relationship. |
Description | Conference Theme: International Business for Sustainable World Development Session: 2.4.9 - Competitive ; Track: 9 - Cross-cultural Management and HRM: Board and Top Management Team Dynamics |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/138025 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Hennessy, DA | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Cuypers, Y | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-08-26T14:38:39Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2011-08-26T14:38:39Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | The 53rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of International Business (AIB 2011), Nagoya, Japan, 24-28 June 2011. In Academy of International Business Annual Meeting Proceedings, 2011, p. 136-137 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2078-0435 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/138025 | - |
dc.description | Conference Theme: International Business for Sustainable World Development | - |
dc.description | Session: 2.4.9 - Competitive ; Track: 9 - Cross-cultural Management and HRM: Board and Top Management Team Dynamics | - |
dc.description.abstract | Despite the abundant research on multinationality and performance there is little consensus on this relationship. This paper is a response to both the lack of managerial influence, and to the lack of attention to mediating variables in prior multinationality–performance research. Upper echelons theory states that the demographic characteristics of top managers influence a firm’s strategic direction, and therefore outcomes such as firm performance. Thus, we argue that the national diversity within top management teams provides useful knowledge that improves the performance of multinational companies. Also, if the multinationality of companies is one of the causes of increasing national diversity within top management teams, then diversity should mediate the multinationality-performance relationship. We examine these relationships in a sample of the largest Western-European multinationals. The findings show a positive relationship between multinationality and performance. We also find evidence for a mediating effect of top management team’s national diversity within the multinationality–performance relationship. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Academy of International Business. The Journal's web site is located at http://aib.msu.edu/publications/confproceed.asp | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Academy of International Business Annual Meeting Proceedings | en_US |
dc.title | Multinationality and performance: the mediating role of Top Management Team national diversity | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Cuypers, Y: ycuypers@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Cuypers, Y=rp01449 | en_US |
dc.description.nature | link_to_OA_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 189158 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 136 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 137 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2078-0435 | - |