Publication Type

Journal Article

Version

submittedVersion

Publication Date

8-2016

Abstract

Although previous studies have explored the value of government directors, less attention has been directed at the antecedents of government directors' engagement in value-adding activities, such as managerial monitoring and resource provision. Drawing on social identity theory, we offer a novel model that specifies how a government director's dual identifications with the focal firm, and with the government individually and interactively affect his or her governance behavior. An investigation of government directors in China shows that their identification with the focal firm enhances monitoring and resource provision, while their identification with the government affects monitoring and resource provision differently. depending on the dominance of state ownership. The synergistic/substitutable effects between the two types of identification are contingent on state ownership and governance roles.

Keywords

government director, identification, monitoring, resource provision, state-owned enterprise

Discipline

Asian Studies | Organizational Behavior and Theory | Strategic Management Policy

Research Areas

Strategy and Organisation

Publication

Strategic Management Journal

Volume

37

Issue

8

First Page

1787

Last Page

1807

ISSN

0143-2095

Identifier

10.1002/smj.2408

Publisher

Wiley

Embargo Period

1-16-2017

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2408

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