Effects of Board and Top Management Team Diversity on the Firm Internationalization
Date Issued
2014
Date
2014
Author(s)
Cheng, Kuei-Yang
Abstract
Research on top management team (TMT) diversity effects on a firm’s internationalization is abundant; yet the question of whether diversity in job-related characteristics has positive or negative effects on a firm’s internationalization still remains open. This dissertation pays careful attention to the issue of combinative and interaction effects of boards and TMTs diversity and, by applying competing theoretical reasoning, provides some new insights into the controversial relationship.
Using a sample of 658 Taiwanese industrial firms for four years where both the board and TMT units are analyzed at the same time, I test the variables, tenure, eductional background and functional background. The results show that, consistent with predictions of the information/decision making perspective, both functional background diversity and eductional background diversity have a positive effect on internationalization of both boards and TMTs. In line with predictions of the similarity/attraction perspective, I also find the negative moderating effects of the demographic similarity and overlap in team tenure on the relationship between team diversity and a firm’s internationalization. In addition, I find the positive moderating effects of outsider director ratio on the relationship between team diversity and a firm’s internationalization, consistent with predictions of the information/decision making perspective. In conclusion, I extend the information/decision making perspective and similarity/attraction perspective (Williams & O’Reilly, 1998) to both TMTs and boards by analyzing them as separate but related entities.
Subjects
國際化
團隊多元化
高階管理團隊
董事會
外部董事比例
Type
thesis
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