Linking top managers’ behavioural traits with business practices and firm performance

We embed an experiment in an ongoing firm-level panel survey with a sample of 623 firms managed by their owners to explore the role of top managers’ behavioral traits as drivers of corporate strategies and performance. We find that present biased managers are less likely to invest in business practi...

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Published in:Review of managerial science 2024-11, Vol.18 (11), p.3253-3296
Main Authors: Kim, Huong Trang, Nguyen, Quang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Accounting/Auditing
Banking
Bias
Business and Management
Business Strategy/Leadership
Chief executive officers
Chief financial officers
Decision making
Managers
Marketing
Original Paper
Risk aversion
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Summary:We embed an experiment in an ongoing firm-level panel survey with a sample of 623 firms managed by their owners to explore the role of top managers’ behavioral traits as drivers of corporate strategies and performance. We find that present biased managers are less likely to invest in business practices, leading to lower sales revenue. Younger managers are more patient and less risk-averse than older ones, and they play a more significant role in improving firm performance than their counterparts. Interestingly, we find compelling evidence that business practices play a crucial role as a mediating mechanism through which managers’ present bias and loss aversion affect firm performance.
ISSN:1863-6683
1863-6691
DOI:10.1007/s11846-023-00714-0