CEO polychronicity and SME internationalization
ISSN: 1525-383X
Article publication date: 10 May 2022
Issue publication date: 27 October 2022
Abstract
Purpose
This study, leveraging the upper echelon and social network theories, aims to explore the association between chief executive officers (CEO’s) polychronicity and small and medium size enterprises (SMEs’) international performance under the complete mediation effect of social networks. The paper explores this relationship under the moderation effect of CEO perceived time pressure and synchrony preference.
Design/methodology/approach
The paper investigates a moderated mediating relationship based on a sample of 186 UK firms.
Findings
The findings of this study suggest that social network fully mediates the CEO polychronicity and firm international performance relationship. Furthermore, CEO perceived time pressure moderates the social network and SME international performance relationship such that it reduces the positive indirect association between CEO polychronicity and SME international performance. CEO synchrony preference, on the contrary, enhances the positive indirect association between CEO polychronicity and SME performance.
Originality/value
Extant research suggests SMEs having a more robust set of organizational capabilities helps them network and avail foreign market knowledge. However, research exploring antecedents of this organizational capability is scant.
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Acknowledgements
Authors thank Editor, Associate Editor and anonymous Reviewers, whose comments tremendously helped in improving the paper.
Paper was supported by internal grants of Newcastle University Business School.
Citation
Agnihotri, A. and Bhattacharya, S. (2022), "CEO polychronicity and SME internationalization", Multinational Business Review, Vol. 30 No. 4, pp. 526-545. https://doi.org/10.1108/MBR-10-2021-0143
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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