Publications

Discussions about refugee status often center around two assumed characteristics of their circumstances. One, that, because they fled their countries to seek safety, their migration decisions lacked choice. And two, that their migration will be…

In this chapter, I introduce the temporally dynamic goal pursuit model and discuss how this model compliments and advances goal systems theory. This model proposes that goal pursuit is a dynamic process that spans from initiation to completion,…

How do people select targets when tasked with persuading a group of people? One approach would be to prioritize getting people in support of the persuader’s position to hold relatively extreme attitudes — an extremity strategy. An…

How do firms benefit from integrated enterprise systems (IES), and how does the IES implementation strategy influence the returns from IES? We investigated the implementation strategy that firms should follow to integrate multiple enterprise…

In this essay, we highlight the interplay between individuals’ psychological processes and sociocultural systems in producing and maintaining racial bias. We use a conceptual tool we call the culture cycle to map these dynamics, and illustrate…

In response to increasing societal divisions, an extensive literature has emerged examining the construct of receptiveness. This literature suggests that signaling receptiveness to others confers a variety of…

In this AMD Guidepost essay, we document outstanding questions regarding how organizations can capture value from AI tools and outline pathways for future exploratory management and organizational research on AI. Specifically, we emphasize the…

Introduction

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services have mandated inpatient screening of selected social determinants of health (SDOH) needs starting in 2024.…

In recent years, many companies have made voluntary pledges to reduce their carbon footprint. In this Closer Look, we examine how some companies institutionalize their climate commitments through executive compensation contracts. We find…

Analyst forecasts outperform econometric forecasts in the short run but underperform in the long run. We decompose these differences in forecasting accuracy into analysts’ information advantage, forecast bias, and forecast noise. We find that…

In fall 2023, Stanford Graduate School of Business, the Hoover Institution Working Group on Corporate Governance at Stanford University, and the Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University jointly conducted a nationwide survey of…

Misinformation can take various forms, from political propaganda and health-related fake news to conspiracy theories. This review investigates the consequences of both direct and indirect misinformation for brands and consumers. We review the…

The lack of diversity across gender and race of corporate boards has been one of the most significant issues in corporate board governance in recent years. Given the critical role that shareholders have in approving director appointments, we…

CEO succession planning is a critical exercise for any organization. And yet, experience clearly demonstrates that many companies fail to successfully handle the transition from one CEO to the next. What are the causes of this breakdown? We…

Current corporate disclosures regarding carbon emissions lack commonly accepted accounting rules. The carbon accrual accounting system described here takes the rules of historical cost accounting for operating assets as a template for generating…

We develop a model in which a firm’s manager can voluntarily disclose to privately informed investors. In equilibrium, the manager only discloses sufficiently favorable news. If the manager is known to be informed but disclosure is costly, the…

How do organizational audience members value products and services? We examine here consumers called cosmopolitans (individuals who think beyond a single geographical place) and those called omnivores (individuals who show a…

Across emerging economies, physical cash is the ubiquitous means of transaction for retailers and their consumers. Despite the widespread availability, affordability and benefits of Fintech solutions for digital payments in these regions, there…