Making use of difference: Diversity, debate, and decision comprehensiveness in top management teams

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作者：
Simons, T [1 ]
Pelled, LH
Smith, KA
机构：
[1] Cornell Univ, Sch Hotel Adm, Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
[2] Univ So Calif, Marshall Sch Business, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
[3] Syracuse Univ, Sch Management, Strategy & Human Resources Dept, Syracuse, NY 13244 USA
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ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL | 1999年 / 42卷 / 06期
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10.5465/256987
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F [经济];
学科分类号：
02 ;
摘要：
This study examined how top management team diversity variables and debate interacted to influence two measures of company financial performance. Further, it assessed the degree to which decision comprehensiveness mediated those interaction effects. Multi-informant data from the top management teams of 57 manufacturing companies revealed that more job-related types of diversity interacted with debate to influence financial performance, but a less job-related type (age diversity) did not. Decision comprehensiveness partially mediated those effects.
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页码：662 / 673
页数：12
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