Document Type

Report

Key Takeaways

Executive leadership teams can fracture into subgroups based on employee demographic characteristics (e.g., age). • Executive leadership teams can fracture into subgroups based on task related characteristics (e.g., functional background). • Demographic based subgroups hinder cohesion, harming the ability to enact strategic change, whereas task based subgroups facilitate inter-group knowledge sharing, enhancing the ability to enact strategic change.

Publication Date

2019

Source

Richard, O.C, Wu, J., & Markoczy, L.A. (2019). Top management team demographic-faultline strength and strategic change: What role does environmental dynamism play? Strategic Management Journal (40) pp. 987-1009.

Disciplines

Business

Copyright

© 2019, University of South Carolina

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Business Commons

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