TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS, GLOBAL STRATEGIC POSTURE, AND THE MODERATING ROLE OF UNCERTAINTY.

Authors :: Carpenter, Mason A.
Fredrickson, James W.
Source :: Academy of Management Journal; Jun2001, Vol. 44 Issue 3, p533-545, 13p, 2 Charts
Publication Year :: 2001
Abstract: 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Subjects :: ECONOMIC globalization
MANAGEMENT
BUSINESS intelligence
UNCERTAINTY (Information theory)
AMERICAN business enterprises
BUSINESS planning
MARKETING strategy
INDUSTRIAL management research
ORGANIZATIONAL behavior research
ORGANIZATIONAL sociology research
MARKET positioning

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