MAKING USE OF DIFFERENCE: DIVERSITY, DEBATE, AND DECISION COMPREHENSIVENESS IN TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS.

1999/12/01 by T. Simons, Tony Simons, L. H. Pelled +3 · 1,176 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Business #Computer science #Corporate Finance and Governance #Diversity (politics) #Diversity management #Family Business Performance and Succession #Gender Diversity and Inequality #Knowledge management #Law #Organizational behavior #Political science #Psychology #Public relations #Social psychology #Sociology

paper · doi:10.2307/256987

published in Academy of Management Journal 42(6), 662-673 (Academy of Management)

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Abstract

This study examined how top management team diversity variables and debate interacted to influence two measures of company financial performance. Further, it assessed the degree to which decision c...

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