THE EFFECTS OF TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM INTEGRATIVE COMPLEXITY AND DECENTRALIZED DECISION MAKING ON CORPORATE SOCIAL PERFORMANCE

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Wong, Elaine M.; Ormiston, Margaret E.; Tetlock, Philip E.
• 署名单位: University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Milwaukee; University of London; London Business School; University of Pennsylvania; University of Pennsylvania
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2008.0762
• 发表日期: 2011
• 页码: 1207-1228
• 关键词: CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER; financial performance; Stakeholder theory; GROUP-DYNAMICS; UPPER ECHELONS; SHAREHOLDER VALUE; PERSONAL VALUES; EMPIRICAL-TEST; leadership; RESPONSIBILITY

摘要

We examine the influence of top management teams' (TMTs') integrative complexity and decentralization of decision making on corporate social performance. We argue that both factors increase TMT ability to gather information on, and attend to, stakeholder needs, thereby yielding higher corporate social performance. We further predict that decentralization moderates the relationship between integrative complexity and corporate social performance in such a way that the relationship is stronger under conditions of centralization. Using a Q-sort methodology, which translates complex qualitative observations into quantitative metrics, we examined integrative complexity and decentralization in 61 Fortune 500 firms and found support for our predictions.