PARTNERS IN CRIME: THE EFFECTS OF DIVERSITY ON THE LONGEVITY OF CARTELS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Bertrand, Olivier; Lumineau, Fabrice
• 署名单位: SKEMA Business School; Purdue University System; Purdue University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.1209
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 983-1008
• 关键词: MANAGEMENT TEAM DIVERSITY; cultural-differences; firm performance; RELATIONAL DEMOGRAPHY; ETHICAL LEADERSHIP; empirical-evidence; NATIONAL CULTURE; HIGH-TECHNOLOGY; ORGANIZATIONS; alliance

摘要

Despite the importance of organizational misconduct, still not much is known about coordinated misconduct between firms. In this study, we seek a better understanding of how the profile of the partners involved in cartels affects the longevity of their joint misconduct activities. Drawing upon diversity theory, we leverage a distinction between three types of diversity-variety of age-based experience, separation in uncertainty avoidance, and power disparity-in collective organizational misconduct between firms, and study their respective influence on the longevity of cartels. Our empirical analysis gives support to our main arguments: the longevity of cartels tends to be increased by the level of variety of age-based experience and power disparity between partners but reduced by their level of separation in uncertainty avoidance. Implications for the literature on organizational misconduct are discussed.