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Strategic Agility Orientation? The Impact of CEO Duality on Corporate Entrepreneurship in Privatized Vietnamese Firms

Bui, Hong T. M., Nguyen, Huong, Chau, Vinh Sum (2020) Strategic Agility Orientation? The Impact of CEO Duality on Corporate Entrepreneurship in Privatized Vietnamese Firms. Journal of General Management, 45 (2). pp. 107-116. ISSN 0306-3070. E-ISSN 1759-6106. (doi:10.1177/0306307019886170) (KAR id:75965)

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Abstract

This study examines the impact of CEO duality (a chief executive operating chair of board and leader of a firm) of newly privatized Vietnamese firms on the level of corporate entrepreneurship; this understanding is used to throw light on the extent to which a position of strategic agility is achieved. Specifically, does CEO duality enable firms to keep consistent with their vision, while remaining flexible in their business model? Data from a survey of 114 CEOs of board and top management team members in privatized firms in Vietnam were collected and examined through a combination of agency theory and stewardship theory. The research finds that CEO duality does not necessarily lead to a higher degree of entrepreneurial activity in privatized Vietnamese firms. The results have policy implications for shaping corporate governance, and management implications for firms striving to be competitive, in ways that advance corporate entrepreneurship in economies such as Vietnam that are both emerging and pursuing privatization.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1177/0306307019886170
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance
Divisions: Divisions > Kent Business School - Division > Department of Leadership and Management
Depositing User: Vinh Chau
Date Deposited: 23 Aug 2019 10:19 UTC
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2022 05:18 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/75965 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)
Chau, Vinh Sum: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4030-8953
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