This dissertation consists of two essays that examine the role of information exchange in the marketplace and how firm strategies shape stakeholder perceptions of this information. In Essay 1, I develop a theoretical framework of Perceived Information Quality (PIQ), the extent to which...

This theoretical article introduces the construct of CEO celebrity in order to explain how the tendency of journalists to attribute a firm's actions and outcomes to the volition of its CEO affects such firm. In the model developed here, journalists celebrate a CEO whose firm takes strategic...

Management scholars have established the importance of reputation for firm performance but the mechanisms through which reputation can be accumulated are still to be explored. While some researchers have proposed that reputation accumulates through causally ambiguous social processes and can be...

In this three-essay dissertation I explore the extent to which individual differences, specifically narcissism, in CEOs might be useful for advancing the understanding of executive behavior. I begin by discussing the nature of narcissism. Next, I develop propositions relating CEO narcissism to...

One of the most prevalent assumptions regarding chief executive officer (CEO) compensation is that the most talented CEOs will command premium pay on the executive labor market. From an economics perspective, this statement is self-evident; the existence of a reasonably efficient labor market...

This dissertation examines cross-national differences in the extent to which CEOs matter to firm outcomes. To address this issue, I build on the construct of managerial discretion, or latitude of action. Most research in this domain has focused on the firm-level and industry-level factors that...

While previous research on organizations and the natural environment provides a rationale for general corporate environmental responses, questions remain regarding why firms facing similar institutional pressures respond differently to environmental issues. On one hand, organizations have...

This dissertation consists of three essays on CEO replacement in turnaround situations. The first essay aims to understand the antecedents of CEO dismissal in turnaround situations. I develop a model of CEO dismissal as a social framing contest, in which key plays try to convince and mobilize...