Organization and Strategy Seminar（2017-11）

Topic: Confucian Values of Top Executives and Corporate Governance in China

Speaker: David H. Zhu,Arizona State University

Time: Friday, 1 December, 14:00-15:30 pm

Location: Room 213 , Guanghua Building 2

Abstract:

Although top executives’ values are widely believed to influence not only their strategic choices but also their decision-making processes, only a handful of studies have examined American CEOs’ liberalism and conservatism orientation. In the present study, we start to examine how one of the most prevailing values in East Asian, namely Confucianism, may influence top executives’ major decisions in China. We focus on the central value of Confucianism, namely the prosocial value, and explain how it influences major corporate governance practices in China. We theorize that a board chair’s prosocial value tends to positively influence the compensation level of employees and top management team members, but negatively influence the compensation level of the chair and the degree to which chair’s compensation is decoupled from firm performance. In addition, we theorize that a chair’s prosocial value tends to increase the charitable donations of the firm and reduce the firm’s tendency to exploit exchange partners and minority shareholders. We utilize a comprehensive dataset that includes all listed private firms in China to test our hypotheses and found support for our theoretical predictions. This research challenges the prevailing assumption in Western theories about executives’ homogeneous tendency to pursue self-interest and extends research on top executives’ values to examine how traditional values in East Asia may influence strategic leadership and major organizational outcomes.

Introduction:

美国密歇根大学战术治理学博士

朱洪泉博士是亚利桑那州立大学凯瑞商学院院长委员会卓越学者、治理学副教授、平生教授、复旦大学治理学院特聘教授。朱教授是全球战术治理领域中驰名的新一代学者。他是全球顶尖级治理学杂志《治理科学季刊》与《战术治理杂志》的编委会成员、全球治理学协会组织与治理理论方向重要国际奖项的评委、其他多家治理学领域顶尖级杂志的评委、以及美国国度科学基金的评委。

朱教授从社会生理学的视角钻研高管人员的战术决策和公司治理，并从社会结构学的视角钻研高管以及企业之间的双边关系。他的钻研涉及了一系列沉要的战术问题，蕴含公司治理，并购沉组，多元化，国际化，创新与创业，战术仿照，CEO及董事会的选举、换届、及战术决策过程，高管薪酬，企业增长战术，以及企业竞争力等。这些钻研在多家国际顶尖级治理学杂志上颁发，并曾荣获2010年全球治理学协会整年会最佳博士论文奖（William H. Newman Award），2009-2010年组织学领域里的里克特最佳博士论文奖，以及2009年国际战术治理学协会整年会最佳论文奖等。

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