Organization and Strategy Seminar（2016-07）

Topic：CEO Job Satisfaction: A Study of Its Antecedents and Strategic Consequences in China

Speaker:David H. Zhu,Arizona State University

Time: Friday, 8 July, 10:00-11:30 am

Location:Room 217, Guanghua Building 2

Abstract:

Although there is an increasing interest in understanding how top executives influence organizations, surprisingly little research has examined one of the most important issues to top executives, namely their job satisfaction. Because job satisfaction is known to have major impacts on behavior and performance, we take an initial step in this study to systematically examine the antecedents of CEO’s job satisfaction and its implications for strategic decision making. Building on psychological theories on job satisfaction and management research on top executives, we propose that key determinants of CEO’s job satisfaction include the Big Five personalities and executive job demand. In addition, we explain why CEO’s job satisfaction positively influences innovation, strategic change, and firm performance. Using a large scale survey conducted with hundreds of top executives in China, we find considerable support for our theory. In explaining how CEO’s job satisfaction may influence major strategic outcomes and firm performance, our study contributes to research on strategic leadership and strategic management. As scholars increasingly call for more studies that bring “people” back to strategy research, our study also responds to these calls by starting to examine an issue that is essential to top executives, and hence opening doors for a new stream of management research.

Introduction:

美国密歇根大学战略治理学博士

朱洪泉博士是亚利桑那州立大学凯瑞商学院院长委员会优异学者、治理学副教授、终身教授、复旦大学治理学院特聘教授
。朱教授是全球战略治理领域中着名的新一代学者
。他是全球顶尖级治理学杂志《治理科学季刊》与《战略治理杂志》的编委会成员、全球治理学协会组织与治理理论偏向主要国际奖项的评委、其他多家治理学领域顶尖级杂志的评委、以及美国国家科学基金的评委
。

朱教授从社会意理学的视角研究高管职员的战略决媾和公司治理

，并从社会结构学的视角研究高管以及企业之间的双边关系
。他的研究涉及了一系列主要的战略问题

，包括公司治理

，并购重组

，多元化

，国际化

，立异与创业

，战略模拟

，CEO及董事会的选举、换届、及战略决议历程

，高管薪酬

，企业增添战略

，以及企业竞争力等
。这些研究在多家国际顶尖级治理学杂志上揭晓

，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年国际战略治理学协会整年会最佳论文奖等
。

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