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The performance impact of strategy ‐ manager coalignment: An empirical examination
Author(s) -
Thomas Anisya S.,
Litschert Robert J.,
Ramaswamy Kannan
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
strategic management journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 11.035
H-Index - 286
eISSN - 1097-0266
pISSN - 0143-2095
DOI - 10.1002/smj.4250120704
Subject(s) - typology , empirical examination , dimension (graph theory) , strategic management , business , organizational performance , process management , industrial organization , marketing , operations management , knowledge management , computer science , economics , sociology , mathematics , actuarial science , anthropology , pure mathematics
This paper develops a theoretical model that explains the impact of the fit between top executive characteristics and strategic orientation on organizational performance. Using the Miles and Snow typology as an integrative framework, the central propositions of the model were evaluated. The results of the empirical examination provided significant support for the administrative dimension, an aspect of the typology that has been largely overlooked thus far. Further, it was found that firms achieving a greater degree of alignment between their strategy and the profiles of top managers, generally realized superior performance outcomes.