Graduation Semester and Year
2023
Language
English
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy in Accounting
Department
Accounting
First Advisor
Jennifer L.C. Ho
Abstract
In my dissertation, I study whether the top management team (TMT) between-member and within-member functional diversities affect firm performance. Between-member functional diversity, known as Dominant Functional Diversity (DFD), refers to the heterogeneity of functional experts on a TMT, and within-member functional diversity, known as Intrapersonal Functional Diversity (IFD), refers to the aggregate functional breadth of TMT members. My analysis indicates that IFD is positively and significantly associated with firm performance. The relationship between DFD and firm performance is also positive but not statistically significant. In the second analysis, I perform a mediation analysis to explore plausible mechanisms through which TMT IFD affects firm performance. I identify managerial ability, firm efficiency, and investment efficiency as potential mediators. Using the bootstrapping methodology, the results support the mediating role of managerial ability in the positive association between IFD and firm performance; however, I cannot find the evidence that firm efficiency or investment efficiency mediates the relation between IFD and firm performance. Finally, I perform a moderating analysis to examine whether the relation between functional diversity and firm performance is moderated by the financial distress, defined as the firm-years with the annual abnormal returns in the bottom 5% of the sample. The results fail to show that the relation between IFD/DFD and firm performance is moderated by the financial distress.
Keywords
Top management teams, Functional diversity
Disciplines
Accounting | Business
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Yang, Tsung Hsuan, "TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM FUNCTIONAL DIVERSITY AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: A MEDIATION ANALYSIS" (2023). Accounting Dissertations. 36.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/accounting_dissertations/36
Comments
Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington