The gender composition of corporate boards: A review and research agenda

A Kirsch - The Leadership Quarterly, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years, the composition of boards and, particularly, the inclusion of women on
boards has attracted significant scholarly interest and public debate. In this article, I …

Are boards designed to fail? The implausibility of effective board monitoring

S Boivie, MK Bednar, RV Aguilera… - … of Management Annals, 2016 - journals.aom.org
In this review, we challenge the idea that directors are well positioned to be effective
monitors of management. Moving beyond the logic of incentives and ability, we …

Pivoting isn't enough? Managing strategic reorientation in new ventures

R McDonald, C Gao - Organization Science, 2019 - pubsonline.informs.org
New ventures often experience deviations from their plans that oblige them to reorient in
pursuit of a better fit between their evolving products and their target customers. Yet …

Strategic silence: Withholding certification status as a hypocrisy avoidance tactic

WC Carlos, BW Lewis - Administrative Science Quarterly, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
We examine why organizations that obtain prominent certifications may at times elect not to
publicize them. Drawing on the impression management literature, we argue and show that …

Connecting the dots: Bringing external corporate governance into the corporate governance puzzle

RV Aguilera, K Desender, MK Bednar… - … of Management Annals, 2015 - journals.aom.org
Corporate governance (CG) research has largely focused on internal governance
mechanisms (ie the board of directors, controlling owners, and managerial incentives) …

CEO duality: A review and research agenda

R Krause, M Semadeni… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
CEO duality—the practice of a single individual serving as both CEO and board chair—has
been the subject of academic interest for more than 20 years. In that time, boards' use of …

Female directors and impression management in sustainability reporting

IM García-Sánchez, O Suárez-Fernández… - International business …, 2019 - Elsevier
This study proposes a new research approach to examine the relationship between board
diversity, in terms of gender differences, and the quality of sustainability reporting, measured …

Our board, our rules: Nonconformity to global corporate governance norms

MA Witt, S Fainshmidt… - Administrative Science …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
What drives organizational nonconformity to global corporate governance norms? Despite
the prevalence of such norms and attendant conformity pressures, many firms do not adhere …

Master of puppets: How narcissistic CEOs construct their professional worlds

A Chatterjee, TG Pollock - Academy of Management Review, 2017 - journals.aom.org
We explore how narcissistic CEOs address two powerful and conflicting needs: the need for
acclaim and the need to dominate others. We argue that narcissistic CEOs address their …

Mind the gap: The interplay between external and internal actions in the case of corporate social responsibility

O Hawn, I Ioannou - Strategic management journal, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Research summary: We explore the effect of the interplay between a firm's external and
internal actions on market value in the context of corporate social responsibility (CSR) …