STRUCTURAL INTERDEPENDENCE WITHIN TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS: A KEY MODERATOR OF UPPER ECHELONS PREDICTIONS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Hambrick, Donald C.; Humphrey, Stephen E.; Gupta, Abhinav
• 署名单位: Pennsylvania Commonwealth System of Higher Education (PCSHE); Pennsylvania State University; Pennsylvania State University - University Park
• 刊物名称: STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0143-2095
• DOI: 10.1002/smj.2230
• 发表日期: 2015
• 页码: 449-461
• 关键词: TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS; interdependence; group heterogeneity; upper echelons theory

摘要

Studies of the effects of top management team (TMT) composition on organizational outcomes have yielded mixed and confusing results. A possible breakthrough resides in the reality that TMTs vary in how they are fundamentally structured. Some are structured such that members operate independently of each other, while others are set up such that roles are highly interdependent. We examine the potential for three facets of structural interdependencehorizontal, vertical, and reward interdependenceto resolve ambiguities regarding effects of TMT heterogeneity. Based on a sample of TMTs in technology firms, we find that the three facets of structural interdependence are potent moderators of two classic predictions: the positive association between TMT heterogeneity and member departures, and between TMT heterogeneity and firm performance. Copyright (c) 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.