In this paper we analyse boards of directors as workgroups, i.e. groups of people that perform one or more tasks within an organisational context. Building on previous studies, we developed a model that relates group’s social-psychological processes to three different board tasks: service, monitoring and networking. We tested our model through a survey on 301 large manufacturing firms in Italy. Our findings support the idea that (a) process variables and, to a limited extent, demographic variables significantly influence board task performance; (b) board processes have a different impact on each specific board task; (c) board task performance varies depending upon firm and industry characteristics.

Beyond the black box of demography: board processes and task effectiveness within Italian firms / F., Zona; Zattoni, Alessandro. - In: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE. - ISSN 0964-8410. - 15:5(2007), pp. 852-864. [10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00606.x]

Beyond the black box of demography: board processes and task effectiveness within Italian firms

ZATTONI, ALESSANDRO
2007

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In this paper we analyse boards of directors as workgroups, i.e. groups of people that perform one or more tasks within an organisational context. Building on previous studies, we developed a model that relates group’s social-psychological processes to three different board tasks: service, monitoring and networking. We tested our model through a survey on 301 large manufacturing firms in Italy. Our findings support the idea that (a) process variables and, to a limited extent, demographic variables significantly influence board task performance; (b) board processes have a different impact on each specific board task; (c) board task performance varies depending upon firm and industry characteristics.
2007
Beyond the black box of demography: board processes and task effectiveness within Italian firms / F., Zona; Zattoni, Alessandro. - In: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE. - ISSN 0964-8410. - 15:5(2007), pp. 852-864. [10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00606.x]
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