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

Fabian Müller-Horn (), Sebastian P. L. Fourné (), Felix Arndt () and Demola Obembe ()
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Fabian Müller-Horn: De Montfort University
Sebastian P. L. Fourné: Wilfrid Laurier University
Felix Arndt: University of Guelph
Demola Obembe: De Montfort University

Management Review Quarterly, 2024, vol. 74, issue 2, No 2, 567-596

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Keywords: Top management teams; Decision-making; Cognition; Diversity; Gender (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M1 M12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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