(VF)La théorie des échelons supérieurs de Hambrick et Mason et la théorie de la gouvernance financière postulent toutes deux que les dirigeants ont une influence déterminante sur la performance avec, cependant, une différence très importante concernant l’influence de la latitude managériale. Pour la première, la latitude managériale a une influence potentiellement positive sur la performance en permettant aux capacités cognitives des dirigeants de s’exprimer, pour la seconde, une influence négative, dans la mesure où elle peut conduire à des décisions contraires aux intérêts des actionnaires. L’objectif de cet article est, d’une part, de comparer le contenu et le rôle de la notion de latitude managériale dans ces deux cadres théoriques, d’autre part, de proposer à la lumière des développements cognitifs et comportementaux de la théorie de la gouvernance, un méta modèle qui permettrait de proposer une approche intégratrice de la latitude à même d’offrir une meilleure compréhension du lien entre caractéristiques du dirigeant, système de gouvernance et performance de la firme. (VA)Upper Echelons Theory and financial governance theory both postulate that CEOs have a determining influence on the performance with, however, a very significant difference concerning the influence of managerial discretion. For the first one, managerial discretion has a potentially positive influence on performance by enabling the managers’ cognitive capacities to affect it, for the second one, a negative influence, insofar as it can lead to decisions conflicting with shareholders’ interests. The objective of this article is, on the one hand, to compare the contents and the role of the managerial discretion concept within these two theoretical frameworks, on the other hand, to propose, in the light of the cognitive and behavioral developments of corporate governance theory, a meta model based on an integrative approach of managerial discretion in order to offer a better understanding of the link between CEOs characteristics, corporate governance systems and performance.
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