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Unraveling the origins of top managers’ intrapersonal diversity decision

Distel, Andreas P. ; Schubert, Torben LU and Tavassoli, Sam LU (2025) 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2025 In Academy of Management Proceedings 2025(1). p.23330-23330
Abstract

Intrapersonal diversity has emerged as an important trait among top managers, significantly improving firm and team performance. However, existing research treats this diversity as static orexogenously given, overlooking its developmental origins. Drawing on imprinting theory, we explore how early-childhood parental diversity and later-life crisis events shape a manager’s decision to acquire this trait. Using multigenerational registry data, we find that diversity in educational backgrounds of parents increases the likelihood that top managers adopt intrapersonal diversity, with the effect being stronger when the number of siblings is lower and after a manager’s divorce.

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Academy of Management
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85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2025
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Copenhagen, Denmark
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2025-07-25 - 2025-07-29
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0065-0668
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10.5465/AMPROC.2025.73bp
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English
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