The CEO as integrator: The chief executive’s role is central to reaping the fruits of executive team diversity

Top management teams composed of executives with diverse professional backgrounds should excel at making balanced and high quality strategic decisions.

Top management teams composed of executives with diverse professional backgrounds should excel at making balanced and high quality strategic decisions. New research on the performance of firms operating in highly dynamic markets, however, qualifies this commonly held view: the CEO plays an essentialrole in realizing the potential benefits of a functionally diverse team.

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