What a Diverse Top Management Team Means: Testing an Integrated Model

Liqun WEI, Longzeng Wu*

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    Abstract

    Prior research has produced inconsistent results on the relationship between top management team (TMT) diversity and firm performance. Drawing on the information-social categorization framework, this study is designed to investigate both the mechanism and the contextual factors underlying the relationship between TMT cognitive diversity and firm performance by examining them in a unified model so as to better understand how a diverse TMT works. Based on a multi-sourced survey of top managers from 118 Chinese firms, this study finds that team interdependence and team cohesion moderate in the linkage between TMT cognitive diversity and elaboration of task-related information. In addition, TMT's elaboration of task-related information mediates the interactive effects of TMT cognitive diversity and team interdependence on firm performance as well as the interactive effects of TMT cognitive diversity and team cohesion on firm performance.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)389-412
    Number of pages24
    JournalJournal of Management Studies
    Volume50
    Issue number3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - May 2013

    Scopus Subject Areas

    • Business and International Management
    • Strategy and Management
    • Management of Technology and Innovation

    User-Defined Keywords

    • Elaboration of task-related information
    • Firm performance
    • Team cohesion
    • Team interdependence
    • TMT cognitive diversity

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