ORGANIZATIONAL DEMOGRAPHY IN JAPANESE FIRMS - GROUP HETEROGENEITY, INDIVIDUAL DISSIMILARITY, AND TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM TURNOVER

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: WIERSEMA, MF; BIRD, A
• 署名单位: New York University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/256643
• 发表日期: 1993
• 页码: 996-1025
• 关键词: CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION; performance; longevity; BEHAVIOR; AGE

摘要

This study demonstrates how demography theory can be extended to non-U.S. settings by developing a comprehensive model of factors that vary across nations and that may moderate the link between demographic characteristics and organizational outcomes. We propose that constraints on variation as well as sociocultural and organizational processes moderate the attention people pay to individual differences, thereby influencing demographic effects. In examining the effects of the composition of top management teams in Japanese firms, we found that heterogeneity on age, team tenure, and the prestige of the university attended were significant correlates of team turnover. Moreover, these findings were substantially stronger than those of comparable studies in the United States, suggesting that factors associated with changes in ethnological context mediate demographic effects.