Exploring an inverted U-shaped relationship between top management team task-related faultlines and top executive hubris
Leadership & Organization Development Journal
ISSN: 0143-7739
Article publication date: 16 August 2022
Issue publication date: 17 October 2022
Abstract
Purpose
Top executive hubris is associated with positive/negative outcome. Little is known about the antecedent of hubris in top management team (TMT) and how they can be weakened to capitalize on TMT size and market complexity. This paper aims to address these issues.
Design/methodology/approach
This study draws on the social information processing theory. Subsequently, it proposes and tests an inverted U-shaped relationship between task-related faultlines and top executive hubris. Top management team size and complexity can weaken the relationship between them. Panel data were collected longitudinally from 2011 to 2016 on China's listed firm on growth enterprises board.
Findings
Hierarchical regression analyses indicate that medium task-related faultlines experience stronger than weak and strong faultlines. TMT size and market complexity can weaken the inverted U-shaped relationship between them.
Originality/value
This study provides pioneering evidence for an inverted U-shaped relationship between task-related faultlines and top executive hubris. These findings inform practice by suggesting a tipping point of team faultlines.
Keywords
Acknowledgements
The authors are profoundly grateful to the editors and anonymous reviewers for their valuable comments and helpful suggestions. The authors also gratefully acknowledge National Social Science Foundation of China under grant 17BGL041 and The Soft Science Foundation of Henan Province in China under grant 222400410576.
Citation
Xie, Q., Li, W. and Lou, X. (2022), "Exploring an inverted U-shaped relationship between top management team task-related faultlines and top executive hubris", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 43 No. 7, pp. 1013-1027. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-01-2022-0026
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2022, Emerald Publishing Limited