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When do Firms with New CEOs Engage in M&A? Understanding the Timing of New CEOs' First M&A Announcements

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract New CEO appointments can create strategic uncertainty for stakeholders, potentially undermining the CEO's position. While the stakeholder uncertainty perspective suggests CEOs may act boldly to clarify their strategic intentions during early tenure, the CEO life cycle perspective proposes that CEOs avoid such moves during early tenure, as they
Marie‐Ann Betschinger   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bridging Moral Aspirations and the Mundane Reality: A Grounded Study of the Process of Radical Purpose Adaptation in a Business School

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In previous research, scholars have often highlighted the important role of leaders in defending and protecting a historical organizational purpose. However, adopting such a ‘backward‐looking’ perspective, researchers have devoted much less attention to understanding how an organizational purpose can be deliberately changed and leveraged to ...
Luca Manelli   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Board Gender Diversity and Firm Financial Performance: Exploring the role of Directors’ Family Affiliations

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent studies acknowledge that the contribution of female directors at the board may not be uniform but instead varies depending on their individual characteristics and board context. In this study we focus on a pivotal yet insufficiently explored facet of female directors – their affiliation with the business owning family – and assess its ...
Yuliya Ponomareva   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Do Women Executives Make Workplaces Safer? Evidence from Workplace Safety Violations

open access: yesJournal of Management Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract In this study, we develop and test theory on whether, when, and how the prevalence of women in firms’ top management influences workplace safety – an important ‘do no harm’ dimension of corporate social performance. Consistent with our theorizing, we find that there is a negative relationship between the prevalence of women executives in firms’
Yangyang Chen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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