Structural interdependence within top management teams: A key moderator of upper echelons predictions

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 449-461

  Hambrick, Donald C ^a   Humphrey, Stephen E ^a   Gupta, Abhinav ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Group heterogeneity; Interdependence; Top management teams; Upper echelons theory

Indexed keywords

GROUP THEORY; MODERATORS;

FIRM PERFORMANCE; GROUP HETEROGENEITY; INTERDEPENDENCE; ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS; UPPER ECHELONS; UPPER ECHELONS THEORIES;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84921856241     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2230     Document Type: Article

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