Academy of Management Journal · 2001 · 871 citations · 45 references
BusinessOrganizational BehaviorStrategic ManagementBusiness StrategyCorporate StrategyGlobal StrategyGlobal Competitive StrategyGlobal Corporate StrategyOrganizational StrategyTeam DiversityUncertainty AnalysisGlobal Strategic PositioningHeterogeneityModerating EffectsStrategic Decision-making Under UncertaintyStrategic UncertaintyTop Management Team DynamicsTop Management Team Effects
The complexity surrounding globalization offers a unique context in which to study the moderating role of uncertainty on top management team (TMT) demographic effects. In a sample of United States-based industrial firms, TMT international experience, educational heterogeneity, and tenure heterogeneity were positively related to firms' global strategic postures, and functional heterogeneity exhibited a negative association. However, when the level of uncertainty facing TMTs was accounted for, these associations were found to be nonlinear.
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