The moderating role of top management team interdependence: Implications for real teams and working groups

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Barrick, Murray R.; Bradley, Bret H.; Kristof-Brown, Amy L.; Colbert, Amy E.
• 署名单位: Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; University of Iowa; University of Notre Dame
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2007.25525781
• 发表日期: 2007
• 页码: 544-557
• 关键词: upper echelons; BLACK-BOX; performance; CONSEQUENCES; metaanalysis; antecedents; diversity; cohesion; replication; potency

摘要

Prior research evidence shows that within-team interdependence moderates the process-performance relationship in small groups. Data collected from 94 top management teams (TMTs) replicated and extended the small groups finding. Specifically, TMTs with high interdependence (i.e., real teams) had higher team and subsequent firm performance when the team was more cohesive and had more communication. However, teams with low interdependence (i.e., working groups) had higher performance when communication and cohesion were lower. This constructive replication provides the first examination of the moderating effect for team interdependence within TMTs on both team and firm performance.