LIU Xiaoyuan, ZHONG Linchen, LIU Yuxuan, JIA Jia
Journal of Central University of Finance & Economics.
2025, 0(1):
142-160.
This study explores the moderating role of management autonomy in the relationship between Top Management Team(TMT)heterogeneity and organizational resilience.Drawing on upper echelons theory and information processing theory, we construct a research model where management autonomy moderates the impact of TMT heterogeneity on organizational resilience.Utilizing a sample of effective data from Chinese A-share listed companies from 2007 to 2021, we employ multiple linear regression analysis to empirically test the relationship between TMT heterogeneity and organizational resilience from two dimensions: identity-related heterogeneity and task-related heterogeneity.The study examines how this relationship changes in direction, magnitude, and heterogeneity under the moderation of environmental autonomy and organizational autonomy.The results confirm that both identity-related and task-related heterogeneity of TMT are positively correlated with organizational resilience.Environmental autonomy positively moderates the relationship between task-related heterogeneity and organizational resilience, while organizational autonomy positively moderates the relationships between both identity-related and task-related heterogeneity with organizational resilience.This research introduces elements of TMT heterogeneity and management autonomy into the discussion of the mechanisms influencing organizational resilience.Through empirical testing, it reveals the internal workings of the relationship between TMT heterogeneity and organizational resilience under the moderation of management autonomy.The study extends the application boundaries of upper echelons theory and information processing theory, enriches the existing literature on strategic management, and provides a theoretical basis for enterprises to enhance organizational resilience through the configuration of TMT.