A contingency model of CEO characteristics and firm innovativeness The moderating role of organizational size

摘要

Purpose - Ample evidence suggests that firm innovativeness is important for firm competitiveness. Despite the significance of the CEO for firm outcomes in general, the role of the CEO in firm innovativeness remains unclear. The purpose of this paper is to focus on the impact of two CEO characteristics - organizational identification and risk propensity - on firm innovativeness. The authors also adopt a contingency view to examine the moderating role of organizational size.