Temporality and decision making: The effect of attainment discrepancy and CEO tenure on organizational risk behavior

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2022-06-27
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Studies on behavioral theory of the firm often describe bounded rationality of people and show that the framing of conditions influence their risk propensity. This study on the risk propensity of CEO’s investigated if the effect of attainment discrepancy on risk propensity is moderated by CEO tenure. The data of 5365 companies on CEO tenure, revenues and volatility was used in a multiple regression analysis to see if these effects were significant. The analysis showed that the effect of attainment discrepancy on organizational risk is positive, but very low. CEO tenure moderates the effect of attainment discrepancy on risk propensity in a negative decision context. In a positive decision context, there is a direct effect of CEO tenure on risk propensity.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen
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