Cultural diversity in management, firm performance, and the moderating role of entrepreneurial orientation dimensions

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Richard, OC; Barnett, T; Dwyer, S; Chadwick, K
• 署名单位: University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Mississippi State University; University of Louisiana System; Louisiana Technical University; University of Louisiana System; Nicholls State University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/20159576
• 发表日期: 2004
• 页码: 255-266
• 关键词: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; demography; resource; linking

摘要

Extending previous theorizing on cultural diversity's organizational effects by integrating value-in-diversity and social identity perspectives with the framework of Blau's (1977) theory of heterogeneity, we hypothesized curvilinear relationships between racial and gender diversity in management and firm performance. We evaluated relationships within the context of firm-level entrepreneurial orientation. Our empirical study indicated complex relationships among study variables. It revealed that innovativeness positively and risk taking negatively moderated nonlinear relationship patterns for both racial and gender heterogeneity. Research and practical implications are discussed.