The Impact of Top Management Team Diversity on the Appointment of Chief Digitalization Officers in German Firms

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://pjms.zim.pcz.pl/article/555530/en" target="_blank" >https://pjms.zim.pcz.pl/article/555530/en</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.17512/pjms.2025.32.2.1" target="_blank" >10.17512/pjms.2025.32.2.1</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Impact of Top Management Team Diversity on the Appointment of Chief Digitalization Officers in German Firms

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This study provides empirical evidence on the role of top management team (TMT) diversity in shaping executive leadership and driving digital transformation within organizations. By focusing on the German context, it enriches the discourse on diversity, executive appointments, and performance in the digital era, offering valuable insights for both scholars and practitioners. The aim of the study is to examine how diversity within TMTs influences the appointment of Chief Digitalization Officers (CDOs) in German companies navigating the challenges of digitalization. Using a quantitative research design, the analysis draws on a comprehensive dataset of German firms and measures TMT diversity across gender, ethnicity, and educational background. The research investigates how these diversity dimensions affect the likelihood of CDO appointments and assesses the subsequent implications for firms’ technological advancement. The results reveal a strong positive correlation between TMT diversity and the appointment of CDOs. Firms with more diverse executive teams are significantly more likely to establish digital leadership roles, which in turn is associated with higher levels of technological innovation and digital transformation.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Impact of Top Management Team Diversity on the Appointment of Chief Digitalization Officers in German Firms

Popis výsledku anglicky

This study provides empirical evidence on the role of top management team (TMT) diversity in shaping executive leadership and driving digital transformation within organizations. By focusing on the German context, it enriches the discourse on diversity, executive appointments, and performance in the digital era, offering valuable insights for both scholars and practitioners. The aim of the study is to examine how diversity within TMTs influences the appointment of Chief Digitalization Officers (CDOs) in German companies navigating the challenges of digitalization. Using a quantitative research design, the analysis draws on a comprehensive dataset of German firms and measures TMT diversity across gender, ethnicity, and educational background. The research investigates how these diversity dimensions affect the likelihood of CDO appointments and assesses the subsequent implications for firms’ technological advancement. The results reveal a strong positive correlation between TMT diversity and the appointment of CDOs. Firms with more diverse executive teams are significantly more likely to establish digital leadership roles, which in turn is associated with higher levels of technological innovation and digital transformation.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50204 - Business and management

Projekt

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Návaznosti

N - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z neverejnych zdroju

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Polish Journal of Management Studies

ISSN

2081-7452

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

32

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

2

Stát vydavatele periodika

PL - Polská republika

Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

237-252

Kód UT WoS článku

001701117600015

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

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