Executive Team Informal Network Connection and Corporate Green Innovation:Based on the Moderating Role of Top Management Team Task Faultline and ESG
Based on the social network theory and social identity theory,this paper takes the 2017-2021 panel data of 1261 A-share listed manufacturing companies as samples to explore the impact of informal network connection of top management team(TMT)on corporate green innovation,and introduces the task top management team faultline and corporate environmental,social and governance(ESG)performance as moderating variables.The interaction between the two and the informal network of top management team is further analyzed.The results show that the informal network connection of top management team has a positive role in promoting the green innovation of enterprises.The environmental,social and governance(ESG)performance of enterprises and task top management team faultline positively regulate the relationship between the informal network connection of top management team and green innovation.The research results enrich the situational mechanism of team informal network on corporate green innovation,expand the research in the field of green innovation from the perspective of single attribute heterogeneity and team formal system to expand the informal network under multiple attributes,and provide a new theoretical perspective for explaining corporate green innovation.
green innovationTMT informal network connectionESGtask top management team faultline
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