Authors : Sri Sarah Maznahmohdsalleh, Rushami Zienyusoff and Rohaizah Saad
Abstract: Attaining sustainable performance is the main objective of every organization. However, massive competition has caused organizations to grasp for novel approach in order to survive. Likewise, Top Management Team (TMT) has been initiated to be the focal ground of firm sustainable performance through their strategic decisions such as innovation. While being innovative requires vast and varies resources, therefore, it is important to understand the influence of TMT in achieving sustainable firm performance through their strategic decisions on innovation. A conceptual framework is being proposed to inspect the relation and influence of these variables on sustainable firm performance. The contribution is mainly beneficial for corporations by shed lights to firms that want to find solution towards attaining sustainable firm performance through their TMT influence on the firm’s strategic decision. Besides, the result obtained will give an overall benefit to firms and industries to understand the impact of TMT in strategic decision making particularly firm innovativeness and innovation types in attaining sustainable firm performance.
Sri Sarah Maznahmohdsalleh, Rushami Zienyusoff and Rohaizah Saad, 2016. Firm Sustainable Performance Through Top Management Team Leadership and Innovation: A Proposed Framework and Innovation. International Business Management, 10: 1737-1744.