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Academic Career Experience of Senior Executives, Socially Responsible Engagement, and Firm Value

Li, Zhe - 2022

This study examines the effect of senior executives’ academic career experience on corporate social responsibility (CSR) and further investigates how such CSR engagement dominated by academic senior executives affects firm value. Using data from China, this study reveals that firms run by...

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Financial Experts of Top Management Teams and Corporate Social Responsibility : Evidence from China

Li, Zhe; Wang, Bo; Zhou, Dan - 2022

This study examines how the financial experience of senior executives influences corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and reporting activities. With a sample of Chinese listed companies over the period 2009–2018, we find that companies with senior executives with financial...

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CEO Career Concerns in Early Tenure and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Reporting

Chen, Long; Liao, Chih-Hsien; Tsang, Albert; Yu, Li - 2023

The literature on CSR disclosure focuses on its economic consequences, but little is known about motivations, especially CEO personal incentives, behind such disclosure. Using an array of CSR reporting measures, we find that career concerns of CEOs early in their tenure motivate them to use...

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The Relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility and Types of CEO Turnover : Evidence from US Firms

Chulkov, Dmitriy; Wang, Xiaoqiong - 2023

This study examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and different types of CEO turnover. Our findings based on a sample of over 2,500 publicly-traded US firms clarify how firms’ CSR engagement relates to CEO turnover by reason and source of new CEO. Firms with...

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CEO Superstitions and CSR Performance

Chang, Yuyuan; Ge, Chunmian; Zhang, Xiyue - 2023

Superstitions are typically seen as beliefs without scientific grounding. However, it can also be associated with people’s perception of risk and subsequent behavior. In this study, we provide evidence that CEO superstitious beliefs of bad luck – triggered by the CEO’s “zodiac year,”...

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Is ESG a Managerial Style?

Cai, Tianyu; Liu, Leo; Zein, Jason; Zhang, Hao - 2022

Can better firm ESG policies be attributed to a CEO’s style? We find that firms led by CEOs with not-for-profit sector work experience (socially engaged CEOs) possess better ESG ratings and superior real ESG outcomes. They receive higher satisfaction ratings from their employees, develop more...

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Determinants of Managerial Values on Corporate Social Responsibility : Evidence from China

Zu, Liangrong; Song, Lina - 2021

This paper empirically investigates how Chinese executives and managers perceive and interpret corporate social … responsibility (CSR), to what extent firms' productive characteristics influence managers' attitudes towards their CSR rating, and … poorer regions that are more likely to have managers who opt for a higher CSR rating. Managers' personal characteristics per …

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Determinants of managerial values on corporate social responsibility : evidence from China

Zu, Liangrong (contributor); Song, Lina (contributor) - 2008

This paper empirically investigates how Chinese executives and managers perceive and interpret corporate social … responsibility (CSR), to what extent firms' productive characteristics influence managers' attitudes towards their CSR rating, and … in poorer regions that are more likely to have managers who opt for a higher CSR rating. Managers' personal …

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Former Politicians as Corporate Directors : Good for Business?

Gray, Stephen - 2013

International studies suggest that directors with political connections provide significant benefits to shareholders. Yet, whether this is the case in the political and business environment in Australia is unknown. In this study, we examine the prevalence of former politicians as non-executive...

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How Do Powerful CEOs View Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)? An Empirical Note

Jiraporn, Pornsit - 2013

We explore how powerful CEOs view investments in corporate social responsibility (CSR). The agency view suggests that CEOs invest in CSR to enhance their own private benefits. On the contrary, the conflict resolution view argues that CSR investments are made to resolve the conflicts among...

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