TOP MANAGEEMNT TEAM DIVERSITY, GROUP PROCESS, AND STRATEGIC CONSENSUS

摘要

This study integrated concepts from upper echelons, group process and social cognition theories to investigate how demographic diversity and group processes influence strategic consensus within the top management team (TMT), where strategic consensus is defined as the degree to which individual mental models of strategy overlap. Data from 76 hgih-technology firms in the nited States and Ireland were used to examine three alternative models. The results showed that while demographic diversity alone did have effects on strategic consensus the overall fit of the model was not strong.