The dynamics of top management teams

Diplôme Thèse The dynamics of top management teams eng 2016-07-06 author Ferreira Paul 721574 director Raisch Sebastian 555187 10.13097/archive-ouverte/unige:93950 urn:nbn:ch:unige-939500 GSEM 28 This dissertation examines the dynamics of top management teams (TMTs). While upper echelons research has increasingly adopted time and change in their conceptualization and used temporal based models, prior scholarly work has often viewed this phenomenon only through the lens of individual member change and proceeded with limited concern for dimensions such as TMT structure, TMT processes, and TMT interactions. I extend these prior upper echelons studies' focuses by proposing “TMT dynamics” as a new framework for developing a more complete understanding of TMT changes' nature, causes, and effects on organizational outcomes. As a theoretical contribution, I offer a dynamic conceptualization of distinct types of TMT configurations – spatial, content, temporal, and structural – and shows their effects on TMT functioning and organizational outcomes. Second, I provide rich insights into how organizations can strategically orchestrate these TMT configurations to dynamically realign their TMT characteristics, processes, and structures alongside with their changing contextual requirements. CEO Tenure CEO-TMT configurations Chief Executive Officer Complementary TMT characteristics Exploration Organizational ambidexterity Top management teams Firm performance Organizational structure Strategic change TMT capabilities TMT processes Brazil CEO turnover Institutional logics Layoffs Private firms Political competition State-owned enterprises Dewey 330/650 9 Faculté d'économie et de management S false de4ffc0e-9a46-4873-bbdd-87e7fd0b60ba Thesis Restricted DissertationFerreira_07292016.pdf 1273333 application/pdf df948ee9723d4ccb11991e4fc98cd962b116137a543475b3814045263cc33ddd restrictedAccess Faculté d'économie et de management

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