The Moderating Effect of Team Orientation Over the Relationship Between TMT Strategic Decision Speed and Firm Performance

作     者：Claudia Ramos-Garza Olivia Villalba-Moreno Leticia Ramos-Garza 

作者机构：EGADE Business School Monterrey Tecnologico de Monterrey Mexico School of Business Social Science and Humanities Tecnologico de Monterrey Mexico 

出 版 物：《Chinese Business Review》 (中国经济评论（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2011年第10卷第9期

页      面：790-795页

学科分类：12[管理学] 120202[管理学-企业管理（含：财务管理、市场营销、人力资源管理）] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 08[工学] 0825[工学-航空宇航科学与技术] 

主　　题：决策速度 TMT 调节作用 绩效 企业 正相关关系 竞争环境 导向 

摘      要：Due to the fast changing competitive environment faced by organizations, companies are forced to find ways to quickly adapt to technological innovations, changing demands of customers, and strategic actions taken by competitors. The purpose of the paper is to further the relationship between top management team (TMT) strategic decision speed and firm performance, considering the team processes when making strategic decisions in the face of complex environments. Measures of TMT strategic decision speed, firm performance, team orientation, and environmental complexity were collected from 29 top management teams of Mexican companies, which represented a total of 118 questionnaires. Pearson correlations among the variables and moderated regression analyses were performed, to test the hypotheses included in the study. Results show a positive relation between environmental complexity and TMT strategic decision speed and between team orientation and speed. Furthermore, results show that there is a positive relation between TMT strategic decision speed and firm performance in the presence of team orientation. In other words, team orientation moderates the relationship between TMT strategic speed and firm performance. Among the implications for managers is that they must ensure effective team processes (e. g., building consensus, active participation, and trust among team members) when making strategic decisions in order for the firm to perform better.