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The relationship between long-term orientation and strategic decision making processes among top managers in Southern Sweden: A follow-up study to Lin, Shi, Prescott, and Yang (2018)

Sjöberg, Mattias LU and Niu, Jie LU (2019) MGTN59 20191
Department of Business Administration
Abstract
While previous research suggests that top managers’ long-term orientation is related to their
strategic decision making processes, few studies have investigated this relationship in a
Western cultural context. Therefor, the aim of the current thesis is to investigate the
relationship between long-term orientation and strategic decision making processes,
specifically, decision comprehensiveness, decision speed, and decision creativity, among
Swedish top managers. Drawing from a recent Chinese study in the strategy and management
field (Lin, Shi, Prescott, & Yang, 2018), the current study utilized a survey methodology to
investigate these relationships in the IT/semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries in
southern Sweden (Scania... (More)
While previous research suggests that top managers’ long-term orientation is related to their
strategic decision making processes, few studies have investigated this relationship in a
Western cultural context. Therefor, the aim of the current thesis is to investigate the
relationship between long-term orientation and strategic decision making processes,
specifically, decision comprehensiveness, decision speed, and decision creativity, among
Swedish top managers. Drawing from a recent Chinese study in the strategy and management
field (Lin, Shi, Prescott, & Yang, 2018), the current study utilized a survey methodology to
investigate these relationships in the IT/semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries in
southern Sweden (Scania region). Eighty-six top managers answered questions about their
long-term orientation as well as their strategic decision making comprehensiveness, speed,
and creativity. Results indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between
long-term orientation and decision speed, and a marginally significant positive correlation
between long-term orientation and decision comprehensiveness. However, in contrast to the
previous Chinese study, these significant relationships disappeared after the control variables
were entered into the model, which suggests that other variables, such as the cultural context,
may be important for fully understanding the relationship between long-term orientation and
strategic decision making processes. (Less)
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author
Sjöberg, Mattias LU and Niu, Jie LU
supervisor
organization
course
MGTN59 20191
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
long-term orientation, strategic decision making, decision comprehensiveness, decision speed, decision creativity, top managers, cultural context
language
English
additional info
Since the current thesis will be pursued for publication in a scientific journal, the authors would like to restrict the access of the thesis to only include the examiner/course administrator at Lund University School of Economics and Management.
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8989110
date added to LUP
2019-07-02 12:01:56
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2019-07-02 12:01:56
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  abstract     = {{While previous research suggests that top managers’ long-term orientation is related to their
strategic decision making processes, few studies have investigated this relationship in a
Western cultural context. Therefor, the aim of the current thesis is to investigate the
relationship between long-term orientation and strategic decision making processes,
specifically, decision comprehensiveness, decision speed, and decision creativity, among
Swedish top managers. Drawing from a recent Chinese study in the strategy and management
field (Lin, Shi, Prescott, & Yang, 2018), the current study utilized a survey methodology to
investigate these relationships in the IT/semiconductor and pharmaceutical industries in
southern Sweden (Scania region). Eighty-six top managers answered questions about their
long-term orientation as well as their strategic decision making comprehensiveness, speed,
and creativity. Results indicated that there was a significant positive correlation between
long-term orientation and decision speed, and a marginally significant positive correlation
between long-term orientation and decision comprehensiveness. However, in contrast to the
previous Chinese study, these significant relationships disappeared after the control variables
were entered into the model, which suggests that other variables, such as the cultural context,
may be important for fully understanding the relationship between long-term orientation and
strategic decision making processes.}},
  author       = {{Sjöberg, Mattias and Niu, Jie}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{The relationship between long-term orientation and strategic decision making processes among top managers in Southern Sweden: A follow-up study to Lin, Shi, Prescott, and Yang (2018)}},
  year         = {{2019}},
}