Skip to main content

Lund University Publications

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

The Bottom Line of Cultural Diversity at the Top.The Top Management Team’s Cultural Diversity and its Influence on Organisational Outcomes

Umans, Timurs LU (2012) In Lund Studies in Economics and Management 125.
Abstract
This dissertation investigates the relationship between cultural diversity in top management team (TMT) and organisational outcomes. The theoretical framework developed within this dissertation identifies three major concerns in this relationship. Firstly, the issues related to the lack of research on the contingencies, secondly problems associated with the method of inquiry, and thirdly the conceptualisation of culture. Adopting these issues as a guide for further investigation, this dissertation investigates the black box of the TMT process through the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods/concepts, adopting national and ethnic diversity as proxies for cultural diversity. The majority of the studies in the group and TMT... (More)
This dissertation investigates the relationship between cultural diversity in top management team (TMT) and organisational outcomes. The theoretical framework developed within this dissertation identifies three major concerns in this relationship. Firstly, the issues related to the lack of research on the contingencies, secondly problems associated with the method of inquiry, and thirdly the conceptualisation of culture. Adopting these issues as a guide for further investigation, this dissertation investigates the black box of the TMT process through the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods/concepts, adopting national and ethnic diversity as proxies for cultural diversity. The majority of the studies in the group and TMT research indicate that cultural diversity is usually associated with negative group and organisational outcomes. The finding of this dissertation, however, indicate that TMT cultural diversity has a positive effect on organisational outcomes albeit under two conditions. Firstly, when TMT cultural diversity mirrors cultural diversity of the Board of Directors, indicating the importance of TMT interaction in the upper apex of the organisation, and secondly, when TMT has a shared vision that reduces the perceived negative influence of cultural diversity on TMT process and subsequently on organisational outcomes. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
supervisor
opponent
  • Associate Professor Meyersson Milgrom, Eva M, Stanford University, USA
organization
publishing date
type
Thesis
publication status
published
subject
keywords
Top management team, organisational outcome, cultural diversity
in
Lund Studies in Economics and Management
volume
125
pages
266 pages
publisher
Lund Business Press
defense location
Crafoords Hall,Holger Crafoords Ekonomicentrum
defense date
2012-03-23 15:00:00
ISSN
0284-5075
ISBN
91-85113-50-6
978-91-85113-50-7
language
English
LU publication?
yes
id
0e902ee9-54eb-4899-8a48-334eba865e22 (old id 2365604)
date added to LUP
2016-04-04 10:36:42
date last changed
2019-05-21 19:10:07
@phdthesis{0e902ee9-54eb-4899-8a48-334eba865e22,
  abstract     = {{This dissertation investigates the relationship between cultural diversity in top management team (TMT) and organisational outcomes. The theoretical framework developed within this dissertation identifies three major concerns in this relationship. Firstly, the issues related to the lack of research on the contingencies, secondly problems associated with the method of inquiry, and thirdly the conceptualisation of culture. Adopting these issues as a guide for further investigation, this dissertation investigates the black box of the TMT process through the use of both qualitative and quantitative methods/concepts, adopting national and ethnic diversity as proxies for cultural diversity. The majority of the studies in the group and TMT research indicate that cultural diversity is usually associated with negative group and organisational outcomes. The finding of this dissertation, however, indicate that TMT cultural diversity has a positive effect on organisational outcomes albeit under two conditions. Firstly, when TMT cultural diversity mirrors cultural diversity of the Board of Directors, indicating the importance of TMT interaction in the upper apex of the organisation, and secondly, when TMT has a shared vision that reduces the perceived negative influence of cultural diversity on TMT process and subsequently on organisational outcomes.}},
  author       = {{Umans, Timurs}},
  isbn         = {{91-85113-50-6}},
  issn         = {{0284-5075}},
  keywords     = {{Top management team; organisational outcome; cultural diversity}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Lund Business Press}},
  school       = {{Lund University}},
  series       = {{Lund Studies in Economics and Management}},
  title        = {{The Bottom Line of Cultural Diversity at the Top.The Top Management Team’s Cultural Diversity and its Influence on Organisational Outcomes}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/5579716/2365620.pdf}},
  volume       = {{125}},
  year         = {{2012}},
}