CEO tenure and organizational performance: an intervening model |
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Authors: | Zeki Simsek |
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Affiliation: | School of Business, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, U.S.A.School of Business, University of Connecticut, 2100 Hillside Road Unit 1041, Storrs, CT 06269‐1041, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | While CEO job tenure is seen as influencing firm performance, the intervening mechanisms that govern this influence have remained largely unexplored. Given that individuals in the firm most closely influenced by the CEO are members of the top management team (TMT), we focus on the CEO‐TMT interface as one important intervening mechanism. Specifically, our tested model suggests that CEO tenure indirectly influences performance through its direct influences on TMT risk‐taking propensity and the firm's pursuit of entrepreneurial initiatives. Results from structural equation modeling are consistent with this model and support its associated hypotheses. In the discussion, we trace the implications of our study for research and practice. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | CEO tenure TMT risk‐taking propensity entrepreneurial initiatives performance |
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