TY - JOUR
T1 - Making the foreign familiar
T2 - The influence of top management team and board of directors characteristics on the adoption of foreign practices
AU - Shin, Donghoon
AU - Seidle, Russell
AU - Okhmatovskiy, Ilya
PY - 2016/11/1
Y1 - 2016/11/1
N2 - This paper examines the firm-level antecedents of Six Sigma adoption in Korea. Our results indicate that firms with top executives and board members having work experience in the foreign country where the focal management practice originated and was popularized are more likely to adopt this practice. Furthermore, firms’ exposure to foreign investors exerts a direct effect and also moderates the impact of foreign work experience on adoption. Prior work experience in the country of practice origin reduces the uncertainty inherent in cross-border adoption by providing executives and board members with greater insight into the presumed benefits of the focal practice.
AB - This paper examines the firm-level antecedents of Six Sigma adoption in Korea. Our results indicate that firms with top executives and board members having work experience in the foreign country where the focal management practice originated and was popularized are more likely to adopt this practice. Furthermore, firms’ exposure to foreign investors exerts a direct effect and also moderates the impact of foreign work experience on adoption. Prior work experience in the country of practice origin reduces the uncertainty inherent in cross-border adoption by providing executives and board members with greater insight into the presumed benefits of the focal practice.
KW - Foreign ownership
KW - Foreign practice adoption
KW - Six Sigma
KW - Upper echelons theory
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84992663708&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.jwb.2016.09.003
DO - 10.1016/j.jwb.2016.09.003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84992663708
SN - 1090-9516
VL - 51
SP - 937
EP - 949
JO - Journal of World Business
JF - Journal of World Business
IS - 6
ER -