Four decades of CEO–TMT interface research: A review inspired by role theory

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Leadership Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-06-01 DOI:10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.101354

Dimitrios Georgakakis , Mariano L.M. Heyden , Jana D.R. Oehmichen , Udari I.K. Ekanayake

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Abstract

The CEO-TMT interface, defined as the linkage and interaction between the CEO and other top managers, has received increasing attention from scholars in different disciplines. This stream of research aims to unveil how CEOs and other executives interact with one another, influence each other, and become involved in collective activities that shape the fate of organizations. Yet, despite the burgeoning interest in this area, extant CEO-TMT research is characterized by various and disconnected assumptions about the interfacing roles through which CEOs and TMTs exercise strategic leadership. Drawing on role theory, we review extant CEO-TMT interface research in different disciplines, and systematically organize the various CEO-TMT role assumptions into three role-theory specifications: functionalism, social-interactionism, and structuralism. In taking stock of the three role specifications, we provide a critique of the strengths and boundaries of each, and chart directions toward an integrated ‘multi-role’ understanding of the CEO-TMT interface in strategic leadership.

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四十年CEO-TMT界面研究:角色理论启发下的回顾

CEO- tmt界面被定义为CEO与其他高层管理者之间的联系和互动，越来越受到不同学科学者的关注。这一系列的研究旨在揭示ceo和其他高管是如何相互作用，相互影响，并参与塑造组织命运的集体活动的。然而，尽管对这一领域的兴趣日益浓厚，但现有的CEO-TMT研究的特点是对ceo和tmt行使战略领导作用的接口角色进行了各种各样的假设。本文以角色理论为基础，回顾了目前不同学科对CEO-TMT界面的研究，并将CEO-TMT的角色假设系统地归纳为功能主义、社会互动主义和结构主义三种角色理论规范。在对这三种角色规范进行评估时，我们对每种角色的优势和界限进行了批判，并绘制了对战略领导中CEO-TMT接口的综合“多角色”理解的方向。

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Leadership Quarterly Multiple-

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9.30%

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