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
Publication Info
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., 2019.