Research On The Effect Of Top Management Teams' Processes On Organizational Performance

A lot of researches have demonstrated the influence of Top Management Team (TMT) on team and organizational outcomes, with the majority of which focusing on demographic features or compositions of TMT. However, the accumulated empirical results are found to be inconclusive, which provokes the demand of looking into the bowels of TMTs'processes, how they deal with different problems and utilize various information and skills from other members and come up with strategic decisions? Are there certain processes which could benefit organizational performance? What role the environmental conditions play here? How would they affect such mechanism? This paper is purposed to deliberate on such problems.With a sample of 63 enterprises located in China, this study has examined the relations of TMT processes with organizational performance. We introduced both psychological and behavioral processes, including conflict, behavioral integration, team deftness, team effectiveness, quality of strategic decision, and we verified the relationships among these processes themselves. We have also tried to figure out possible effects competitive intensity of the environment plays here.We found the positive influence of behavioral integration on team effectiveness, with team deftness as a partial mediator; the negative influence of emotional conflict on team effectiveness, with quality of strategic decisions as a complete mediator; and the positive influence of team effectiveness on organizational performance. We have conducted analysis to testify the contextual effect of environmental competitive intensity on these relationships, but we were unable to identify it.Based on our findings, we discussed the theoretical and practical implications. We have come up with several areas in TMT and group research which call for more and further exploration and promising for scholars to look into. In the final, we have provided some advice for TMTs'internal and interactive processes.