Haj Youssef, M., Christodoulou, I. and Dassler, T. 2015. How Formal and Informal Institutions of Middle Eastern Countries Influence Managerial Discretion: An Empirical Investigation. British Academy of Management Conference 2015 (BAM2015). Portsmouth 08 - 10 Sep 2015 British Academy of Management.
| Title | How Formal and Informal Institutions of Middle Eastern Countries Influence Managerial Discretion: An Empirical Investigation |
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| Authors | Haj Youssef, M., Christodoulou, I. and Dassler, T. |
| Type | Conference paper |
| Abstract | Managerial discretion is the focal theme bridging the clash between two schools of thoughts; whether executives have greater influence on their firms’ outcomes or other factors restrain their actions (Hambrick & Finkelstein, 1987). It is argued that constraints come from inertial, normative and environmental forces (e.g. DiMaggio & Powell, 1983). Of these restraints is the institutional environment in which a firm is headquartered. Our paper falls within this research stream and provides an extension for Crossland and Hambrick (2007, 2011) work. We investigate the national level of discretion in new cross-cultural contexts, provide deeper understanding of its concept, and shed the light on undiscovered discretion’s antecedents and consequences. We adopt a quantitative approach in which questionnaires represent our data collection instrument. We anticipate that in high discretion countries firms tend to follow what Miles & Snow (1978) labeled ‘Prospector’ strategy as opposed to low discretion countries in which firms incline to implement a ‘Defender’ strategy. |
| Keywords | Managerial Discretion, Strategic Orientation, National Institutions, CEO |
| Year | 2015 |
| Conference | British Academy of Management Conference 2015 (BAM2015) |
| Publisher | British Academy of Management |
| Accepted author manuscript | |
| Web address (URL) of conference proceedings | http://conference.bam.ac.uk/BAM2015/htdocs/index.php |