The minds of the board of directors: the effects of formal position and informal networks among board members on influence and decision making

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• 作者：William B. Stevenson (1)
  Robert F. Radin (1)
  
  1. Management and Organization Department ; Carroll School of Management ; Boston College ; 140 Commonwealth Avenue ; Chestnut Hill ; MA ; 02467 ; USA
  
• 关键词：Board of directors ; Social networks ; Influence ; Cognition ; Bayesian networks
• 刊名：Journal of Management & Governance
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：May 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：19
• 期：2
• 页码：421-460
• 全文大小：457 KB
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• 刊物主题：Management/Business for Professionals; Accounting/Auditing; Industrial Organization; Sociology, general;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1572-963X

文摘

Examining board of directors鈥?decision making in case studies of CEOs and board members in four US companies, we found that an 鈥渋nner board鈥?of directors and CEOs linked by network ties outside of board meetings contained the most influential board members who also shared cognitions about problems. This informal network of ties was affected by the formal governance structure of the board. Strong ties in the informal network led to shared cognitions on the board, demonstrating a link between the formal and network positions of board members and their decision making.