Resolving Paradoxes in Top Management Team Dynamics: The Role of CEO Tertius Iungens Orientation

Yan Ling; Liqun WEI; Jun Xia; Christine M.  Chan

doi:10.5465/ambpp.2015.11976abstract

Resolving Paradoxes in Top Management Team Dynamics: The Role of CEO Tertius Iungens Orientation

Yan Ling, Liqun WEI, Jun Xia, Christine M. Chan

Department of Management, Marketing and Information Systems

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This study applies the paradox lens to identify tensions caused by multiple tasks, divergent opinions, and different roles that top management teams (TMTs) typically cope with and introduces the tertius iungens (TI) perspective as a resolution to the paradoxical tensions. We argue that the paradoxical tensions may have contradictory implications for firm performance but TI-oriented chief executive officers (CEOs) may help bridging the conflicting aspects of a tension, leading to better firm performance. The results based on a survey sample of TMTs in 93 Chinese new ventures support our arguments, showing that the influence of TMT polychronicity, dissent, and role diversification on firm performance is more positive when the team is led by a TI-oriented CEO. We discuss implications for both paradox and tertius iungens perspectives in the context of strategic leadership research.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Academy of Management Proceedings 2015
Editors	Sonia Taneja
Publisher	Academy of Management
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2015.11976abstract
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2015
Event	75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2015: Opening Governance - Vancouver, Canada Duration: 7 Aug 2015 → 11 Aug 2015 https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2015-opening-governance (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2015/1 (Conference proceedings)

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Name	Academy of Management Proceedings
Number	1
Volume	2015
ISSN (Print)	0065-0668
ISSN (Electronic)	2151-6561

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Conference	75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2015
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Vancouver
Period	7/08/15 → 11/08/15
Internet address	https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2015-opening-governance (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2015/1 (Conference proceedings)

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Ling, Y, WEI, L, Xia, J & Chan, CM 2015, Resolving Paradoxes in Top Management Team Dynamics: The Role of CEO Tertius Iungens Orientation. in S Taneja (ed.), Academy of Management Proceedings 2015. Academy of Management Proceedings, no. 1, vol. 2015, Academy of Management, 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2015, Vancouver, Canada, 7/08/15. https://doi.org/10.5465/ambpp.2015.11976abstract

Resolving Paradoxes in Top Management Team Dynamics: The Role of CEO Tertius Iungens Orientation. / Ling, Yan; WEI, Liqun; Xia, Jun et al.
Academy of Management Proceedings 2015. ed. / Sonia Taneja. Academy of Management, 2015. (Academy of Management Proceedings; Vol. 2015, No. 1).

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