Abstract
In this study, we examine a complex pathway through which CEOs, who exhibit relational leadership, may improve the quality of strategic decisions of their top management teams (TMTs) by creating psychological conditions of trust and facilitating learning from failures in their teams. Structural equation modeling (SEM) analyses of survey data collected from 77 TMTs indicate that (1) the relationship between CEO relational leadership and team learning from failures was mediated by trust between TMT members; (2) team learning from failures mediated the relationship between team trust and strategic decision quality. Supplemented by qualitative data from two TMTs, these findings suggest that CEOs can improve the quality of strategic decisions their TMTs make by shaping a relational context of trust and facilitating learning from failures.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 31-54 |
| Number of pages | 24 |
| Journal | Strategic Organization |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 2012 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We acknowledge the financial support of the Henry Crown Institute of Business Research in Israel at Tel Aviv University.
Funding
We acknowledge the financial support of the Henry Crown Institute of Business Research in Israel at Tel Aviv University.
| Funders | Funder number |
|---|---|
| Henry Crown Institute of Business Research in Israel | |
| Tel Aviv University |
Keywords
- CEO relational leadership
- learning from failures
- strategic decisions
- top management teams
- trust