Signaling theory: state of the theory and its future

BL Connelly, ST Certo, CR Reutzel… - Journal of …, 2025‏ - journals.sagepub.com
Signaling theory is about decision-making and communication. It describes scenarios where
signalers send observable signals that carry credible information about unobservable …

[HTML][HTML] Strategic leadership in organizational crises: A review and research agenda

L Schaedler, L Graf-Vlachy, A König - Long range planning, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Of all actors involved in managing an organizational crisis, strategic leaders play a
particularly central role. However, the growing scholarship on the impact of strategic leaders …

Which of these things are not like the others? Comparing the rational, emotional, and moral aspects of reputation, status, celebrity, and stigma

TG Pollock, K Lashley, VP Rindova… - … of Management Annals, 2019‏ - journals.aom.org
In this review of the literature on reputation, status, celebrity, and stigma we develop an
overarching theoretical framework based on the rational, emotional, and moral aspects of …

Non‐fungible tokens (NFTs): A review of pricing determinants, applications and opportunities

R Kräussl, A Tugnetti - Journal of Economic Surveys, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
This paper provides a review of the development of the non‐fungible tokens (NFTs) market,
with a particular focus on its pricing determinants, its current applications, and its future …

Expert critics, rankings, and review aggregators: The changing nature of intermediation and the rise of markets with multiple intermediaries

A Sharkey, B Kovács, G Hsu - Academy of Management Annals, 2023‏ - journals.aom.org
In this review, we integrate insights from the extensive but fragmented literature on
information intermediaries. Tracing the evolution of this research, we observe a shift from a …

Corporate reputation in management research: a review of the literature and assessment of the concept

A Veh, M Göbel, R Vogel - Business research, 2019‏ - Springer
The study of reputation figures prominently in management research, yet the increasing
number of publications makes it difficult to keep track of this growing body of literature. This …

Optimal distinctiveness in platform markets: Leveraging complementors as legitimacy buffers

K Taeuscher, H Rothe - Strategic Management Journal, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Research summary Optimal distinctiveness theory highlights that firms need to balance
opposing pressures for differentiation (to gain competitive benefits) and conformity (to gain …

Reputation and status: Expanding the role of social evaluations in management research

G George, L Dahlander, SD Graffin… - Academy of Management …, 2016‏ - journals.aom.org
Organizations, whether private or public, are subject to evaluations by their stakeholder
community and society. These social evaluations form the basis of perceptions targeted at …

The social regulation of corporate social irresponsibility: Reviewing the contribution of corporate reputation

G Nardella, S Brammer, I Surdu - International Journal of …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Whilst it is assumed that stakeholders penalize and deter corporate social irresponsibility
(CSI), instances of CSI persist. Correspondingly, the literature on social regulation—which …

A new take on the categorical imperative: Gatekee**, boundary maintenance, and evaluation penalties in science

R Fini, J Jourdan, M Perkmann… - Organization …, 2023‏ - pubsonline.informs.org
Extant theory suggests that candidates with an unfocused identity—those spanning different
categories—suffer from a valuation penalty because evaluators are confused by their profile …