Cultural diversity in top management teams : models, methods, definitions

This article lays a research agenda for the studies of cultural diversity in top management teams, by reviewing models, methods and definitions utilised within this stream of research. It reviews three different models that are used in studies of cultural diversity of top management teams, as well as elaborates on different methods, and conceptualisation of culture. The article concludes with a discussion, and suggests the research agenda in studies of cultural diversity in top management teams, proposing the use and combination of models, methods as well as conceptualisation and measurement of culture. Key result of this paper is development of the analytical framework for the studies of cultural diversity in top management teams and proposition of the alternative ways of operationalisation of culture and exploration of the black-box of team processes.The paper has been presented at the 4th Workshop on International Strategy and Cross Cultural Management, The European Institute for Advanced Studies in Management 28th – 29th of September, 2006, Toulouse, France