ABSTRACT
The composition of a management team will influence its performance and, consequently, the added value it creates for the organization. A management team made up of four young, male, business-school graduates will probably have a different dynamic and achieve different results than a management team made up of 12 persons from both sexes, with different educational backgrounds, different ages, and different life experiences. Typical examples of social loafing in management meetings are when members are messaging and answering e-mails, working on other tasks, or tuning out on the ongoing discussion in other ways. Roles are “coherent sets of behaviors expected of people in specific positions within a group or social setting.” A distinction is often made between formal and informal roles. In management teams, formal roles correspond with the formal positions or functions of team members, such as chief executive officer, chief financial officer, and vice president of sales.
