Cognition and gender diversity in top management teams: what do we know and where do we go?

This paper reviews research on cognition and gender diversity in top management teams (TMTs) with a focus on identifying linkages among those two constructs. We suggest that while TMTs in general have attracted extensive research attention, the linkages between TMT cognition and gender diversity off...

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Veröffentlicht in:Management review quarterly 2024-06, Vol.74 (2), p.567-596
Hauptverfasser: Müller-Horn, Fabian, Fourné, Sebastian P. L., Arndt, Felix, Obembe, Demola
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper reviews research on cognition and gender diversity in top management teams (TMTs) with a focus on identifying linkages among those two constructs. We suggest that while TMTs in general have attracted extensive research attention, the linkages between TMT cognition and gender diversity offer a largely neglected vantage point for understanding TMT decision-making, and feature opportunities for theoretical and methodological progress. This review of studies published in FT-50 journals from 1990 to 2022 is focused on how team gender diversity affects team cognition—building on the notion that teams are more than the aggregation of their elements. By developing a stage-based research agenda, we derive intriguing research questions that help exploring the cognition–diversity link in teams at different stages of the decision-making process.
ISSN:2198-1620
2198-1639
DOI:10.1007/s11301-022-00310-8