An empirical research of TMT social network, cohesion and decision quality

As a major power influencing firm performance, top management team is an important field for strategic human resources research. This article believes that the interpersonal relationship and interaction among top management team members forms an internal ¿localized¿ social network. The structural characteristics of this network will impact cohesion and decision power. Based on the empirical data from a large state-owned enterprise, the research finds that centrality of social network is positively correlated with cohesion and decision quality, that cohesion is positively correlated with decision quality and that the density of social network has no significant effect on cohesion and decision quality.