Phillips, Peter J. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7094-5427 and Cotter, Julie
(2010)
The technostructure gap: the educational qualifications of executive and non-executive directors.
Corporate Ownership and Control, 7 (4).
pp. 102-113.
ISSN 1727-9232
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the educational qualifications and experience of executive and non-executive members of directorial boards in Australia. Inspired by Galbraith's (1967) analysis of the technostructure, we examine the educational qualifications of managerial (executive) directors and non-executive directors to assess the extent of divergences in the relevance (to the company's operations) of executives' and non-executives' educational qualifications. In addition, we measure the 'relatedness' of executives' and non-executives' educational qualifications to determine the extent to which the set of educational qualifications of executive directors diverges from that of non-executive directors. We find significant differences in the relevance of the educational qualifications possessed by executives and non-executives. We also find very low relatedness between the two sets of educational qualifications. The advantages of board diversity on the one hand and the disadvantages that may attend potentially sub-optimal technical information flow on the other are discussed.
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Item Type: | Article (Commonwealth Reporting Category C) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Item Status: | Live Archive |
Additional Information: | No evidence of copyright restrictions preventing deposit. |
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Business - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance (1 Apr 2007 - 31 Dec 2010) |
Faculty/School / Institute/Centre: | Historic - Faculty of Business - School of Accounting, Economics and Finance (1 Apr 2007 - 31 Dec 2010) |
Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2010 00:26 |
Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2015 06:40 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | technostructure; CEO; board of directors; education; qualifications |
Fields of Research (2008): | 13 Education > 1301 Education Systems > 130103 Higher Education 14 Economics > 1402 Applied Economics > 140209 Industry Economics and Industrial Organisation 15 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 1503 Business and Management > 150310 Organisation and Management Theory |
Fields of Research (2020): | 39 EDUCATION > 3903 Education systems > 390303 Higher education 38 ECONOMICS > 3801 Applied economics > 380109 Industry economics and industrial organisation 35 COMMERCE, MANAGEMENT, TOURISM AND SERVICES > 3507 Strategy, management and organisational behaviour > 350709 Organisation and management theory |
Socio-Economic Objectives (2008): | E Expanding Knowledge > 97 Expanding Knowledge > 970114 Expanding Knowledge in Economics |
URI: | http://eprints.usq.edu.au/id/eprint/8467 |
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