ABSTRACT

A growing body of conceptual and empirical research has drawn on transactive memory systems (TMS) theory to understand the functioning of a wide range of teams, including top management teams (TMTs). At the same time, there has been increasing interest in how personality factors, and in particular chief executive officer (CEO) narcissism, shape corporate decision-making, and behaviour in TMTs. However, these streams of research have developed independently from one another. Leveraging a sample of 64 firms, we integrate TMS theory and upper echelons theory to explain how the performance consequences of TMTs are shaped by two competing dimensions of CEO narcissism: admiration-based narcissism and rivalry-based narcissism. CEO narcissism is an important area of research because of the strategic implications of the impact that this personality trait can have on the functioning of the TMT. We find that TMT TMS has a positive influence on firm performance at higher levels of admiration-based narcissism, but not rivalry-based narcissism. With this focus, we provide further substantiation of the firm-performance implications of TMS, and the critical role played by a dimensional focus on CEO narcissism in the TMS context.

摘要

越来越多的概念和实证研究利用交互记忆系统 (TMS) 理论来了解各种团队的运作，包括高层管理团队 (TMT)。与此同时，人们越来越关注人格因素，尤其是首席执行官 (CEO) 自恋如何影响 TMT 中的公司决策和行为。然而，这些研究流是彼此独立发展的。利用 64 家公司的样本，我们整合 TMS 理论和高层理论来解释 TMT 的绩效结果如何受到 CEO 自恋的两个相互竞争的维度的影响：基于钦佩的自恋和基于竞争的自恋。CEO 自恋是一个重要的研究领域，因为这种人格特质可能对 TMT 的运作产生战略影响。我们发现，TMT TMS 对基于钦佩的自恋的更高水平的公司绩效有积极影响，但对基于竞争的自恋没有积极影响。有了这个重点，我们进一步证实了 TMS 对公司绩效的影响，以及在 TMS 环境中对 CEO 自恋的维度关注所起的关键作用。