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Review of Managerial Science

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Top management team characteristics and organizational creativity

verfasst von: Woojin Yoon, Sang Ji Kim, Jaeyong Song

Erschienen in: Review of Managerial Science | Ausgabe 4/2016

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Drawing on the upper-echelon perspective, we investigated the impact of top management team (TMT) characteristics on organizational creativity. An organizational creativity index was used as a dependent variable to examine creativity at the organizational level. The results of the statistical analysis generally supported our hypotheses. The size of the TMT had a significant and negative impact on organizational creativity. The average age of the TMT was also negatively associated with organizational creativity. However, functional diversity of the TMT had a significantly positive impact on organizational creativity. These findings have important conceptual and practical implications. This study increased our understanding of the relationship between TMT characteristics and organizational creativity by introducing TMT characteristics as antecedents of factors influencing organizational creativity. This study suggests fruitful avenues for further research of this important yet understudied topic and useful managerial tools for composition of an adequate board for enhancing organizational creativity.

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Titel: Top management team characteristics and organizational creativity
verfasst von: Woojin Yoon
Sang Ji Kim
Jaeyong Song
Publikationsdatum: 01.10.2016
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: Review of Managerial Science / Ausgabe 4/2016
Print ISSN: 1863-6683
Elektronische ISSN: 1863-6691
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11846-015-0175-7

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