Journal of Human Resource Management Vol.14 No.4 (December 2014) pp. 89-109 The Moderating Impact of TMT Behavioral Integration on the Relationship between TMT Perceptions of HR Value and Firm Adoption of High-Performance Work Systems Chiung-Wen Tsao Department of Business and Management, National University of Tainan Yi-Hsien Wang Research Center for Nonlinear Analysis and Optimization, Kaohsiung Medical University ABSTRACT A substantial number of studies have indicated a significant positive relationship between high performance work system (HPWS) and irm performance. However, a consideration of the potential effects of top management teams (TMT) in irm adoption of HPWS is largely absent from the literature studying antecedents of HPWS adoption. Using a sample of 111 Taiwanese publicly-listed irms, we draw on upper echelons theory to investigate the linkages between TMT s perceptions of HR value, team behavioral integration, and irm adoption of HPWS. We found that TMTs perceptions of HR value positively affects the irms adoption of HPWS. Additionally, when the level of TMT behavioral integration was accounted for, the results show that the relationship between TMTs perceptions of HR value and HPWS is signiicantly positive for TMT with higher degree of team behavioral integration. The contributions and implications of this study are also discussed. Keywords: upper-echelons (UE) theory, top management team (TMT), high performance work system (HPWS), team behavioral integration Received Date: August 9, 2014; Accepted Date: November 14, 2014 Corresponding Author: Chiung-Wen Tsao (Department of Business and Management, National University of Tainan) Address: No. 33, Sec. 2, Shulin St., West Central Dist., Tainan City 700, Taiwan, R.O.C. Tel: +886-6-2606123 Ext. 7011 E-mail: cwtsao@mail.nutn.edu.tw DOI: 10.6147/JHRM.2014.1404.04