Understanding the Dynamics of New Venture Top Management Teams: Cohesion, Conflict, and New Venture Performance

Michael D. Ensley; Allison W. Pearson; Allen C. Amason

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Understanding the Dynamics of New Venture Top Management Teams: Cohesion, Conflict, and New Venture Performance

Michael D. Ensley, Allison W. Pearson, Allen C. Amason

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Abstract

Research conducted under the upper echelon perspective has produced consistent evidence of a relationship between top management team (TMT) interaction and firm performance. We draw upon and extend this research in an effort to explain new venture performance as a function of cohesion and conflict within the top management team. Based upon data collected from a sample of 70 new ventures, we find that TMT cohesion is negatively related to affective conflict and positively related to cognitive conflict. As expected then, we also find that TMT cohesion is positively related to new venture growth.

Original language	American English
Journal	Journal of Business Venturing
Volume	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0883-9026(00)00065-3
State	Published - Jul 2002

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New ventures Top management teams Performance Conflict Cohesion

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