Social capital and CEO involuntary turnover

Mingming Zhang, Qizhi Tao, Fei Shen and Ziyang Li

International Review of Economics & Finance, 2022, vol. 78, issue C, 338-354

Abstract: This study investigates the impact of CEO social capital on involuntary CEO turnover. We measure CEO social capital in two dimensions, social networks and political connections, which are both crucial factors of social capital in China. We find that both types of social capital are negatively associated with CEO involuntary turnover but work in different ways. Consistent with the resource-based view, CEOs with more extensive social networks have better access to external resources, particularly when firms face drastic economic scenarios. Consistent with the entrenchment perspective, having political connections reduces the likelihood of CEO involuntary turnover by increasing managerial entrenchment. To address endogeneity concerns, we employ the instrumental variable approach and the PSM approach, and our main findings continue to hold.

Keywords: CEO involuntary turnover; Social capital; Social networks; Political connections (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D85 G39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2021.11.017

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