TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the relationship between top management team (TMT) internal social capital and strategic decision-making speed, and further explore role of TMT behavioral integration in their relationship. It reveals how TMT internal social capital impacts strategic decision-making speed.Design/methodology/approach On the basis of the social capital theory and upper echelons theory, at first, a model about TMT internal social capital and strategic decision-making speed is proposed by exploratory case study. Then, the data obtained via questionnaire from 67 TMTs by software SPSS 19.0 and AMOS 17.0 are analyzed, and the theoretical hypotheses as mentioned above are verified.Findings The empirical study found that different dimensions of TMT internal social capital have significant positive impact on TMT behavioral integrity; TMT behavioral integrity has significant positive impact on strategic decision-making speed; and TMT behavioral integrity as an intermediary variable played a brokering role in the relationship between TMT internal social capital and strategic decision-making speed.Originality/value The study enriches the empirical test on the relationship between TMT internal social capital and decision speed, thereby helping the authors further understand how to improve the speed of strategic decision making in TMT.
VL  - 45
IS  - 10
SN  - 0368-492X
DO  - 10.1108/K-07-2015-0188
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/K-07-2015-0188
AU  - Gu Jiajun
AU  - Xie Fenghua
AU  - Wang Xingsi
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Relationship between top management team internal social capital and strategic decision-making speed: The intermediary role of behavioral integration
T2  - Kybernetes
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 1617
EP  - 1636
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -