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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the coupling relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm financial performance, and consider top management team (TMT) knowledge background as moderators. Most of the existing studies focus on the one-way impact between CSR and firm financial performance. A few studies mention the coupling relationship between them. TMT knowledge background reflects leadership in organization which significantly impacts strategy of the company. With this concern, this study explores the relationships among these three factors and identified the relationships by an empirical study, using panel data of Chinese A-share listed companies from 2014 to 2019. 3SLS regression results show that CSR and firm financial performance do have coupling relationship. And firm financial performance has lag effect on CSR. Function background stands out of knowledge background to be a moderator between CSR and firm financial performance. Education background could also affect firm financial performance. With this view, sustainable development is becoming a trend, making profits and taking social responsibilities are both important. TMT structure should be improved to recruit experienced TMT members to help set strategy for the company. It conforms to the reform of specification of labor in China. Upgrading TMT education degree also makes sense for growth. Suggestions for promoting leadership in organization are given.
Highlights
Firm financial performance is important for both mangers and investors to evaluate firm’s value and the operation situation
Most of the existing studies focus on the one-way impact between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and firm financial performance, while seldom studies point out these two factors have a coupling relationship
The overall function background of top management team (TMT) is 97.9%, almost 100% of the TMT members have economics and management related working experience. It is crucial for recruitment of TMT to have these kinds of experiences
Summary
As Peter Drucker said, ‘Social responsibility and profitability are compatible, companies should translate social responsibility into business opportunities and profits.’ Firm financial performance is important for both mangers and investors to evaluate firm’s value and the operation situation. As Peter Drucker said, ‘Social responsibility and profitability are compatible, companies should translate social responsibility into business opportunities and profits.’. Firm financial performance is important for both mangers and investors to evaluate firm’s value and the operation situation. With this concern, the factors that may affect firm financial performance become a hot pot for business industries and academia. Different models have different factors, but the tendency is viewing factors from parallel to having priority. Leadership stands out in the Malcolm Baldrige model and becomes more and more important in firm financial performance measurement (Taouab and Issor, 2019). The Performance Pyramid proposed by Lynch and Cross (1992) inherits and puts leadership into corporate vision which makes the firm objectives’ framework
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