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The Effects Of Top Management Team National Diversity And Institutional Uncertainty On Subsidiary Csr Focus, Sven Dahms, Suthikorn Suthikorn Kingkaew, Eddy Ng
The Effects Of Top Management Team National Diversity And Institutional Uncertainty On Subsidiary Csr Focus, Sven Dahms, Suthikorn Suthikorn Kingkaew, Eddy Ng
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This research investigates how top management team national diversity (TMTND) and corporate social responsibility (CSR) institutional uncertainty affect strategic CSR focus in foreign-owned subsidiaries. The paper develops a theoretical framework based on institutional theory and upper echelon perspectives to test a sample of MNE subsidiaries. Survey data were collected from subsidiaries in Thailand and Taiwan. Non-symmetric analysis suggests that while TMTND plays an important role in establishing a CSR focus, it is not conducive in itself to high-performance outcomes. Performance is measured by market share, sales growth, and profitability for each subsidiary. The results also show that there are notable …
Whiteness In Academia, Time To Listen, And Moving Beyond White Fragility, Kimberly A. Bates, Eddy Ng
Whiteness In Academia, Time To Listen, And Moving Beyond White Fragility, Kimberly A. Bates, Eddy Ng
Faculty Journal Articles
The months since society observed the horrific, real time murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis have the potential to be transformational in so many areas, including the academy. Many White academics renewed their wokeness, born out of tragedy and pledged to do better. Yet, Dar et al. (2020), in a provoking essay, aptly points to how the academy in general, and business schools in particular, reproduce ideologies that reinforce White supremacy and subordinate people of colour. Although the academy is considered to be an arena where progressive views are fostered (Haynes, 2017), we tend to overlook the performance, networks and …