Top Management Team Consensus, Heterogeneity, and Debate as Contingent Predictors of Company Performance: The Complimentarity of Group Structure and Process.

Prescriptive research on top management team consensus and heterogeneity is equivocal. We address inconsistent findings by proposing that group composition and process must compliment each other if the company is to reap the benefits of intragroup difference. A study of 57 electronic component manufacturing companies supports this conclusion.