Striving for superiority: A status perspective on the relationship between top management team demographic faultline strength and managerial risk-taking

IF 7.4 2区管理学 Q1 BUSINESS

Long Range Planning Pub Date : 2025-02-01 DOI:10.1016/j.lrp.2024.102494

Kaili Li , Renjing Liu , Jiamin Dong

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Abstract

In this study, we seize the prevalent phenomenon that demographic attributes serve as representative indicators of social status, leading to status differences among team members due to demographic dissimilarities. Therefore, we reconsider how top management team (TMT) demographic faultline strength affects managerial risk-taking from a status perspective. We hypothesize that high TMT demographic faultline strength makes status boundaries among subgroups more distinct, increasing TMT members’ status perceptions, status conflict, and motivation to change their current status positions, which in turn stimulate them to take more risks to pursue or maintain high status. Findings from a sample of Chinese listed firms support our hypotheses, demonstrating that TMT demographic faultline strength positively affects managerial risk-taking, and the positive relationship is weakened by state ownership and strengthened by institutional development. Additionally, institutional development weakens the negative moderating effect of state ownership. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed for better managing demographic faultlines and managerial risk-taking.

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追求优势：高层管理团队人口断层强度与管理风险关系的地位视角

在本研究中，我们抓住了一个普遍存在的现象，即人口统计属性作为社会地位的代表性指标，导致团队成员之间由于人口统计差异而产生的地位差异。因此，我们从地位的角度重新考虑高层管理团队（TMT）人口断层强度对管理层风险承担的影响。我们假设较高的TMT人口断层强度使子群体之间的地位边界更加明显，增加了TMT成员的地位感知、地位冲突和改变现有地位的动机，这反过来又刺激他们承担更多的风险来追求或保持高地位。基于中国上市公司样本的研究结果支持了我们的假设，表明TMT人口断层强度正向影响管理层风险承担，且这种正向关系被国有制所削弱，而被制度发展所强化。此外，制度发展弱化了国有制的负向调节作用。讨论了更好地管理人口断层线和管理风险的理论和实践意义。

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7.10%

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期刊介绍： Long Range Planning (LRP) is an internationally renowned journal specializing in the field of strategic management. Since its establishment in 1968, the journal has consistently published original research, garnering a strong reputation among academics. LRP actively encourages the submission of articles that involve empirical research and theoretical perspectives, including studies that provide critical assessments and analysis of the current state of knowledge in crucial strategic areas. The primary user base of LRP primarily comprises individuals from academic backgrounds, with the journal playing a dual role within this community. Firstly, it serves as a platform for the dissemination of research findings among academic researchers. Secondly, it serves as a channel for the transmission of ideas that can be effectively utilized in educational settings. The articles published in LRP cater to a diverse audience, including practicing managers and students in professional programs. While some articles may focus on practical applications, others may primarily target academic researchers. LRP adopts an inclusive approach to empirical research, accepting studies that draw on various methodologies such as primary survey data, archival data, case studies, and recognized approaches to data collection.