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Behavioral integration in the boardroom Pastra, Aspasia; Koufopoulos, Dimitrios N; Samac, Nikola ...
Team performance management,
06/2021, Volume:
27, Issue:
3/4
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Purpose
This study aims to understand the relationship between behavioral integration in the boardroom and board performance.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors performed a series of multiple ...hierarchical regression analyses to explore research questions. Primary data were collected via questionnaires from 184 Nordic members to identify perceptions of behavioral integration and board performance in their boardroom.
Findings
The authors found that different dimensions of behavioral integration have a different effect on board performance. The collaborative behavior of the board did not predict any dimension of board performance, whereas information exchange predicted one dimension of board performance, that of providing strategic leadership. The paramount role of joint decision-making is underlined in this study as this positively predicted all of the dimensions of board performance (strategic leadership, networking and readiness of the board).
Research limitations/implications
Future research should investigate behavioral integration among board members using a longitudinal design and expand the sample cross-culturally.
Practical implications
For forming high-performing teams, emphasis should be given on the joint decision-making. Understanding the joint problems, transparency in actions and discussion about the problem under consideration are of paramount importance for the effectiveness of the team.
Social implications
Team’s conversational environment has crucial impact on team outcomes.
Originality/value
This is one of the rare studies that examine perceptions of executives about the level of behavioral integration in their board.
The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between conflict in the boardroom and board performance in the Nordic Region. Embracing the information-processing perspective, we ...conceptualize board of directors as information processing systems that process large amounts of data and any type of conflict could affect their performance. Using primary data from 184 member of different boards, we conducted exploratory factor analyses of the used scales in order to confirm their proposed factor structure. After confirming their validity and reliability, hierarchical multiple regressions were applied. Results indicate that: (1) Relationship conflict has a negative effect on the performance of the board in providing strategic leadership and readiness; and (2) Process conflict negatively predicts strategic leadership. The above findings advance theoretical understanding of conflict in the boardroom and underline the need for a clear distinction between relationship conflict and process conflict since the two exist at different levels of the 'conflict' structure and instigated by different factors hinting different effects on board performance. Our study has several contributions to managerial practice, such as that personal friction among directors at the board meetings impacts both the strategic leadership of the board and its readiness in anticipating threats. In addition, process conflict in the boardroom may lead to misjudgments about shaping and implementing organizational strategy.
Purpose
This paper aims to understand the relationship between the trust of executives in their board, board effectiveness (board performance and strategic decision quality) and organizational ...performance (financial and operational performance).
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected from 184 board members in the Nordic region, using cross-sectional research design. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the validity of the used scales, whereas correlational analysis and mediation analysis via PROCESS macro in SPSS were used for testing of the hypotheses.
Findings
Trust between board members is positively correlated with both dimensions of board effectiveness and both tested dimensions of organizational performance. Besides, trust between the board members positively affects both financial and operational performance (significant total effects in mediation analysis). However, trust had a direct effect only on financial performance, whereas it shows an indirect effect on operational performance through both mediators, board performance and strategic decision quality.
Research limitations/implications
Future research should investigate trust into the board using a longitudinal design, and expand the sample cross-culturally, and control for the influence of other interpersonal variables in board members.
Practical implications
The development of trust in work relationships serves as the foundation for the establishment of significant team and organizational benefits. Business leaders should take into consideration trust issues in business teams and cultivate a trust culture in their organizations.
Social implications
The findings advance theoretical, social and empirical understanding of trust of executives in their board and its effect on board performance, strategic decision quality and perceived performance. The development of trust in work relationships enhances team performance, networks with strategic partners, community and government, and serves as the foundation for the establishment of trust in the society.
Originality/value
This is one of the scarce studies that examines direct and indirect effects of trust in board and organizational outcomes.
Rape myths are distorted beliefs about rape (its causes, context, consequences, perpetrators, victims and their interaction). Rape myths serve to deny, trivialize or justify this form of sexual ...violence and they contribute to frequently intolerant and hostile treatment of rape victims. Sincethis phenomenonhas not yet received the attention it deserves in the framework of national science, the main aim of this pilot study was to develop a questionnaire in the Serbian language which measures rape myth acceptance. The current paperpresents the newly designed Rape Myth Questionnaire, its factor structure, as well as the psychometric characteristics of the scale. The second aim of the study was to map of the prevalence of rape myth acceptance in Serbia. The survey was conducted on a sample of 482 respondents. The results indicate that the Rape Myth Questionnaireisa reliable instrument, with highly valid and representative items. The questionnaire proved to be unidimensionalon the sample used in the study. The Discussion contains a detailed description of the prevalence of different groups of rape myths in our country.
Highlights • Measurement invariance of Looming Maladaptive Style Questionnaire evaluated. • A two-factor model fitted the data well across 8 countries. • Meta-analytic structural equation modeling ...used to model relations to symptoms. • Across 10 countries, the looming factors predicted depression and anxiety symptoms.
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