Gao Yu, Tang Yahao, Zhang Jiruo
Department of Accounting, Qingdao University, Qingdao, China.
Front Psychol. 2023 Feb 14;14:1126853. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1126853. eCollection 2023.
The global ecological environment is facing increasingly severe challenges; therefore, it is crucial to implement sustainable development policies and promote corporate innovation. Based on imprinting theory, we examine the relationship between CEO financial background and corporate innovation within the Chinese context. The results confirm that CEOs with a financial background negatively impact corporate innovation, while managerial ownership mitigates this effect. Existing literature has considered the impact of CEO background on corporate innovation; however, it mainly takes up corporate innovation from the perspective of upper-echelon theory. In addition, the mechanism of CEO financial background on corporate innovation is ambiguous in the Chinese cultural context. This study enriches the literature on the relationship between the characteristics of CEO background and corporate behavior, thereby offering guidance for corporate innovation practices.
全球生态环境正面临日益严峻的挑战；因此，实施可持续发展政策并促进企业创新至关重要。基于印记理论，我们在中国背景下考察首席执行官（CEO）财务背景与企业创新之间的关系。结果证实，具有财务背景的CEO对企业创新产生负面影响，而管理层持股则减轻了这种影响。现有文献已经考虑了CEO背景对企业创新的影响；然而，它主要是从高层梯队理论的角度来探讨企业创新。此外，在中国文化背景下，CEO财务背景对企业创新的作用机制尚不明确。本研究丰富了关于CEO背景特征与企业行为关系的文献，从而为企业创新实践提供指导。
