Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between a team member's functional background and two indicators of intra-team influence: centrality in the team's workflow and involvement in team decision-making. It is argued that a functional background that provides valued expertise or that is similar to the functional backgrounds of other team members will be associated with both forms of influence but that power centralization becomes a critical moderating variable when predicting decision involvement. So whereas functional expertise leads to decision involvement in decentralized teams, functional background similarity matters more for decision involvement in centralized teams. A test of these hypotheses in a sample of managers from business unit management teams provides strong support.
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