Abstract
Drawing on the notion of “faultlines” and the upper echelons perspective, we argue that the gender faultline strength of a board of directors (BOD) is negatively related to strategic change. More interestingly, while gender faultline strength negatively relates to strategic change under low levels of environmental complexity, environmental dynamism, and environmental munificence, it is positively related to strategic change when environmental complexity, environmental dynamism, and environmental munificence are at high levels. The analyses of panel data of 5,781 firm-year observations of 1,171 Chinese firms provide support for the hypotheses.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 564-601 |
Number of pages | 38 |
Journal | Group & Organization Management: An International Journal |
Volume | 46 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 18 Feb 2021 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Open Access via Jisc Sage AgreementAcknowledgments
We are grateful to Xinhe Zhang for her contributions to earlier versions of this article
Keywords
- board of directors
- demographic faultlines
- gender faultline strength
- strategic change
- upper echelons
- demographic fault lines
- gender fault line strength