Paper Number
1875
Paper Type
short
Description
This paper studies the impact of a chief digital officer (CDO) on corporate environmental performance. Drawing on the upper echelons theory and the attention-based view, we examine whether and under what environmental contingencies the presence of a CDO affects a firm’s environmental performance. To test our theory, we use a dataset of 514 publicly-traded U.S. firms and analyze their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 2005 to 2021. Our results show that the presence of a CDO is negatively associated with GHG emissions and that environmental complexity moderates this relationship. Thereby, we extend the understanding of the outcomes of new functional top management team members and contribute by bringing the industry environmental level into the analysis. In addition, the results encourage managers to consider corporate environmental performance outcomes and environmental contingencies when deciding whether to implement a CDO role.
Recommended Citation
Viets, Alexander and Hagemeier, Lea, "Chief Digital Officers and Environmental Performance in Complex Settings" (2023). ICIS 2023 Proceedings. 6.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2023/gov_strategy/gov_strategy/6
Chief Digital Officers and Environmental Performance in Complex Settings
This paper studies the impact of a chief digital officer (CDO) on corporate environmental performance. Drawing on the upper echelons theory and the attention-based view, we examine whether and under what environmental contingencies the presence of a CDO affects a firm’s environmental performance. To test our theory, we use a dataset of 514 publicly-traded U.S. firms and analyze their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from 2005 to 2021. Our results show that the presence of a CDO is negatively associated with GHG emissions and that environmental complexity moderates this relationship. Thereby, we extend the understanding of the outcomes of new functional top management team members and contribute by bringing the industry environmental level into the analysis. In addition, the results encourage managers to consider corporate environmental performance outcomes and environmental contingencies when deciding whether to implement a CDO role.
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