Poverty as a Double‐Edged Sword: How CEOs’ Childhood Poverty Experience Affect Firms’ Risk Taking
Poverty as a Double‐Edged Sword: How CEOs’ Childhood Poverty Experience Affect Firms’ Risk Taking
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Zhang, Zhe , Wang, Xin and Jia, Ming
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London: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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English
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London: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
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This study explores the potential effect of chief executive officers’ (CEOs’) childhood poverty experience on firms’ risk taking. By integrating upper echelon theory and life history theory, we show that CEOs with childhood poverty experience are willing to engage in firms’ risk taking due to their perceived survival threat. We also explore a new d...
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Poverty as a Double‐Edged Sword: How CEOs’ Childhood Poverty Experience Affect Firms’ Risk Taking
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TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2684545124
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_journals_2684545124
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1045-3172
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1467-8551
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10.1111/1467-8551.12515
