Q-Sort Research Findings
In 2004, the InvestmentQ ™ team conducted a study of the organizational decision-making process of a broad sample of the top management teams (TMTs) at 46 investment management firms. The limitations of the size of the sample mean that any conclusions should be regarded as indicative, not definitive. However, this research may be regarded as a first step in raising awareness of the Q-Sort and its availability as a useful tool for the investment industry.
Using the Q-Sort, the Q-Sort Team sought to quantify business management skill (not portfolio management skill), the decision-making environment, and any patterns among distinguishing characteristics (such as assets under management, age of firm, etc.) at managers in the United States and Europe.
Additional Q-Sort Research: Click on the links to open pdf files
- Q-Sort Team's complete report
- Published in Organizational Research Methods, Vol. 2 No. 2 in April 1999, the following study provides a detailed description of:
- Q-Sort development
- Comparison of the Q-Sort with other research methods
- Mechanics of employing the Q-Sort
- A demonstration
- Discussion of other applications
The following study was co-authored by Randall S. Peterson, Pamela D. Owens, and Paul V. Martorana: The Group Dynamics Q-Sort in Organizational Research: A New Method for Studying Familiar Problems
- Published in the Journal of Applied Psychology, Vol. 88, No. 5, in 2003, this report examines how leader personality affects top management teams (TMT), as measured by the Q-Sort. The authors study relationships between CEO personality and TMT group dynamics and between TMT dynamics and organizational performance.
This report was co-authored by Randall S. Peterson, D. Brent Smith, Paul V. Martorana, and Pamela D. Owens: The Impact of Chief Executive Officer Personality on Top Management Team Dynamics: One Mechanism by Which Leadership Affects Organizational Performance
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