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The Effects of CEO's Narcissism on Diversification Strategy and Performance in an Economic Downturn: The Moderating Role of Corporate Governance System

경기침체기의 다각화전략과 성과에 대한 최고경영자 나르시시즘의 영향과 기업지배구조의 조절효과에 대한 연구

  • Yoo, Jae-Wook (College of Business Administration, Konkuk University)
  • Received : 2016.09.27
  • Accepted : 2016.10.28
  • Published : 2016.11.30
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Abstract

The researchers in strategic management have focused on identifying the effects of CEO's demographic characteristics and experience on the strategic choices and performance of firms. On the other hand, they have failed to identifying the effects of CEO's psychological characteristics on them because of the difficulties over data collection and measurement for variables. To overcome this limitation of prior researches, this study is designed to achieve two specific objectives. The first is to examine the effect of CEO narcissism on diversification strategy and performance of listed corporations on Korean securities market in an economic downturn. The other is to examine the moderating effects of various corporate governance systems that are related to board and/or ownership structures on those relationships. The empirical setting for this study was drawn from a multi-year(2011~2014) sample of large listed corporations in Korean securities market. To achieve the objectives, the hypotheses of research are analyzed by implementing multiple regression analyses in two separate models. The results of these analyses show that CEO narcissism is positively related to the diversification of listed large corporations in Korean securities market. Regrading the moderating effects, the stake of institutional investors weakens the positive relationship between CEO narcissism and firm's diversification. The findings of this research imply that CEO narcissism can intensify the tendency of Korean corporations to adopt high-risk and high return strategy in an economic downturn. Thus, firms might be able to use CEO narcissism to drastically restructure the business portfolio in an economic downturn. However, Korean corporations should be very cautions to maximize the positive effect of CEO narcissism. They might be use the institutional investors as their corporate governance system to monitor and control the opportunism of CEO in the decision for diversification in an economic downturn.

경영전략 분야의 연구자들은 그동안 전략선택과 성과에 대한 최고경영자의 인구통계학적 특성과 경험의 영향에 대한 다수의 연구를 진행해 왔다. 반면 리더쉽 유형의 심리적이고 다면적 요소들이 기업의 전략과 성과에 미칠 수 있는 영향에 대한 실증분석 연구는 정보수집과 변수측정의 어려움으로 인해 충분히 이뤄지지 못해 왔는데, 특별히 한국을 포함하는 신흥국 기업 최고경영자의 리더쉽 유형에 대한 연구는 매우 부족한 실정이다. 이와 같은 선행연구들의 한계를 극복하기 위하여 본 연구는 경기침체기 동안 기업 활동과 성과에 중대한 영향을 미칠 것으로 예상되는 대표적인 최고경영자의 리더쉽 유형으로서 나르시시즘을 소개하고, 이와 같은 최고경영자의 리더쉽 유형이 장기적인 경기침체가 본격화된 글로벌 금융위기 이후 국내 상장사들의 다각화전략과 성과에 미친 영향과, 이들 간의 관계에 대한 기업지배구조시스템의 조절효과를 실증적으로 분석하여 제시하는 것에 주된 목적을 두고 실행되었다. 국내 유가증권시장에 상장되어 있는 대기업들을 대상으로 다년간의 자료를 수집하여 분석한 결과에 따르면 국내기업 최고경영자들의 나르시시즘과 고위험 고수익(high-risk and high-return) 전략인 다각화전략 간에는 유의한 정(+)의 관계가 있고, 이들 간의 관계는 기관투자자들의 감시기능에 의해 약화되는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 국내기업들이 최고경영자의 나르시시트적 리더쉽을 활용하여 경기침체기 동안 보다 과감한 다각화 전략을 실행할 수 있지만, 최고경영자의 기회주의적이고 이기적인 목적으로 인한 과도한 수준의 다각화를 방지하기 위해선 기관투자자들의 감시와 통제 역할을 효과적으로 활용할 수 있어야 함을 보여주는 결과이다. 본 논문의 결론에서는 실증분석 결과에 기초하여 장기화되고 있는 경기침체기에 직면한 우리 기업들에게 이론적 실무적 차원의 중요한 시사점들을 제시하였다.

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