CEO polychronicity and firm resilience

• Main Author: XIA, Qianliang
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Firm resilience; CEO polychronicity; Market condition; Asian Studies; Business Administration, Management, and Operations
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/etd_coll/601; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/etd_coll/article/1599/viewcontent/GPBA_AY2018_DBA_Xia_Qianliang.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In my dissertation, I examined the effect of CEO polychronicity on firm resilience. Building on the upper echelons theory, I argue that polychronic CEOs could divide their attention to multitask, which might prevent firms with extreme risk with more information acquired and backup plans reserved; in...