African Journal of
Business Management

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Bus. Manage.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1993-8233
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJBM
  • Start Year: 2007
  • Published Articles: 4188

Full Length Research Paper

The effects of TMT interaction on enterprise performance from the perspective of enterprise culture

Xi Huai Liu
  • Xi Huai Liu
  • 1Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, P. R. China., 2Department of Economy and Management, Zhoukou Normal University, Zhoukou, P. R. China.
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Yu Hui GE
  • Yu Hui GE
  • 1Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, P. R. China.
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QianNan Wang
  • QianNan Wang
  • 1Business School, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, P. R. China.
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  •  Received: 10 October 2013
  •  Accepted: 08 January 2014
  •  Published: 28 February 2014

Abstract

The relationship between enterprise culture and enterprise performance and the relationship between top management team (TMT) and enterprise performance have been the hot topics which academy and business circles focused on since Pettigrew put forward the "organizational culture"; Hambrick and Mason proposed the "upper echelons theory". However, previous studies on the relationship between enterprise culture and enterprise performance and the relationship between TMT and enterprise performance were carried out according to two parallel lines, with almost no crossover studies on them. This paper will combine both of them together organically in order to study respectively the relationship between enterprise culture and enterprise performance, the relationship between TMT interaction and enterprise performance as well as the relationship between TMT interaction and enterprise culture and then put forward the research theoretical frameworks on the basis of reviewing previous studies on the enterprise culture, TMT and enterprise performance. Finally, the effect of TMT interaction on enterprise performance from the perspective of enterprises culture will be studied.
 
Key words: Enterprise culture, top management team (TMT), team interaction, enterprise performance.