Functional Top Management Team Members: A Review, Synthesis, and Research Agenda
Journal
Journal of Management
ISSN
0149-2063
ISSN-Digital
1557-1211
Type
journal article
Date Issued
2012-01-01
Author(s)
Abstract
Functional top management team (TMT) members, defined as senior executives in the TMT responsible for one or more functional areas in their organizations, have received increased attention from scholars from different fields over the past few years. The purpose of this article is to review the disconnected research on various functional TMT members; to identify the variables of interest, the dominant relationships, and the contributions; and to organize the existing knowledge into a framework. On the basis of a synthesis of the literature, the author discusses the shortcomings and gaps and presents an agenda for future research that contributes to our understanding of functional TMT members and, thus, of TMT structure and composition.
Language
English
Keywords
functional top management team members
functional executives
top management
teams
teams
upper echelons
strategic leadership
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
HSG Profile Area
SoM - Responsible Corporate Competitiveness (RoCC)
Refereed
Yes
Publisher
Sage Publications
Publisher place
Thousand Oaks, California
Volume
38
Number
1
Start page
45
End page
80
Pages
36
Subject(s)
Division(s)
Eprints ID
207619