In this paper we report the results of three experimental studies designed to test how demographic characteristics affect outsiders' assessments of a firm's top managers. We draw on theories of evaluation, status characteristics, and social identity to examine the interactive effects of...

Recent research has revealed that the recognition of expertise within groups is essential for group performance. Nevertheless, groups often fail to recognize and capitalize on the expert resources that they contain. In part, such failures may be attributed to the differential manner in which...

Today’s organizations have come to view and to use workplace teams as information processors, making the ability to manage knowledge and expertise an essential pre-requisite for effective group decisions. Consequently, an important mandate for leaders of information processing groups is to...