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Mediating effect of team trust on the influence of top management team (TMT) processes against HRM decision quality and satisfaction performance

Meng Chenli (School of Business, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China)
Ge Yuhui (School of Business, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China)
Liu Xihuai (School of Economics and Management, Zhoukou Normal College, Zhoukou, China)
Eugene Abrokwah (School of Business, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China)

Personnel Review

ISSN: 0048-3486

Article publication date: 17 December 2019

Issue publication date: 17 April 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to test the mediating role of top management team (TMT) team trust in examining the relationship between team processes (internal and external) and human resource management (HRM) decision performance (quality and satisfaction) in the context of the People’s Republic of China.

Design/methodology/approach

The sample data of this study include 524 team members from 76 TMTs in east China’s Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui provinces. IBM SPSS AMOS 22.0 software was employed for the data analysis.

Findings

The study finds that TMT internal and external processes have significant positive effects on HRM decision quality and satisfaction. The study further finds that TMT team trust partially mediates the relationship between TMT processes (internal and external processes) and HRM decision quality and satisfaction.

Practical implications

This research provides useful insights into the role of TMT team trust in enhancing managerial decision performance.

Originality/value

This study is among the limited studies that explore the influence of team trust in the relationship between TMT processes (internal and external processes) and HRM decision quality and satisfaction among TMTs in China. This study has extended TMT knowledge in mainstream management with guidelines on how to enhance organizational decision performance.

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Acknowledgements

This paper was funded by the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, the National Soft Science Research Plan (Grant No. 2013GXQ4D165), Shanghai Education Commission Scientific Research and Innovation (Grant No. 14ZS117), Shanghai First-class Academic Discipline Project (Grant No. S1201YLXK) and Hujiang Foundation of China (Grant No. A14006).

Citation

Chenli, M., Yuhui, G., Xihuai, L. and Abrokwah, E. (2020), "Mediating effect of team trust on the influence of top management team (TMT) processes against HRM decision quality and satisfaction performance", Personnel Review, Vol. 49 No. 4, pp. 1053-1068. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-09-2018-0336

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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