Cynthia E. Devers

Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

Associate Professor

Agriculture Hall

East Lansing, MI 48824-1122

United States

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Taking Stock of What We Know About Mergers and Acquisitions: A Review and Research Agenda

Journal of Management, 2009
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 19 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 03 Feb 2009
Jerayr Haleblian, Cynthia E. Devers, Gerry McNamara, Mason A. Carpenter and Robert B. Davison
University of California, Riverside, Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University - The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, University of Wisconsin-Madison (Deceased) and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
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mergers, acquisitions, IPO, review

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Executive Compensation: A Multidisciplinary Review of Recent Developments

Journal of Management, No. 33, pp. 1016-1072, 2007
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 05 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2009
Cynthia E. Devers, Albert A. Cannella, Gregory Paul Reilly and Michele E. Yoder
Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Texas A&M University, affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Michigan at Dearborn - School of Management
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Executive compensation, compensation design, incentive pay, corporate governance, risk, agency theory, behavioral theory

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Management Theory Applications of Prospect Theory: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Opportunities

Journal of Management, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 26 Nov 2010
R. Michael Holmes, Philip Bromiley, Cynthia E. Devers, Tim R. Holcomb and Jean McGuire
Florida State University - Department of Management, University of California, Irvine, Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Miami University and Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge - E.J. Ourso College of Business Administration
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The Effects of Endowment and Loss Aversion in Managerial Stock Option Valuation

Academy of Management Journal, No. 50, pp. 191-208, 2008
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Dec 2008
Cynthia E. Devers, Robert M. Wiseman and R. Michael Holmes
Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University - Department of Management and Florida State University - Department of Management
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stock options, executive compensation, agency theory, black-scholes, behavioral theory

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Moving Closer to the Action: Examining Compensation Design Effects on Strategic Risk

Organization Science, No. 19, pp. 548-566, July - August 2008
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 05 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2011
Cynthia E. Devers, Gerry McNamara, Robert M. Wiseman and Mathias Arrfelt
Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University - The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University - Department of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Incentive Alignment, CEO Compensation, Corporate Governance, Strategic Risk

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A General Theory of Organizational Stigma

Organization Science, Vol. 20, No. 1, pp. 154-171, January-February 2009
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Dec 2008 Last Revised: 26 Mar 2012
Cynthia E. Devers, Todd Dewett, Yuri Mishina and Carrie A. Belsito
Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Wright State University - Department of Management, Imperial College London and Utah State University
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Stigma, organizational stigma, stigma origination, social evaluation, social control, disidentification

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Strategy and Strategy Execution at the University of Wisconsin: The Wisconsin School of Business Initiative

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 19 Nov 2008 Last Revised: 04 Dec 2008
Mason A. Carpenter and Cynthia E. Devers
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Deceased) and Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
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strategy, strategic change, business school, business strategy, not-for-profit

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Integrating Behavioural and Economic Concepts of Risk into Strategic Management: The Twain Shall Meet

Long Range Planning, Vol. 36, pp. 61-79, 2003
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Nov 2010
Sayan Chatterjee, Robert M. Wiseman, Avi Fiegenbaum and Cynthia E. Devers
Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management, Michigan State University - Department of Management, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology - The William Davidson Faculty of Industrial Engineering & Management and Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
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risk, risk management, behavioral theory, attainment discrepancy

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Do They Walk the Talk? Gauging Acquiring CEO and Director Confidence in the Value Creation Potential of Announced Acquisitions

Academy of Management Journal, 2013, Vol. 56, No. 6, 1679-1702
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 22 Dec 2013
Cynthia E. Devers, Gerry McNamara, Jerayr Haleblian and Michele E. Yoder
Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University - The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, University of California, Riverside and University of Michigan at Dearborn - School of Management
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acquisitions, CEO compensation, CEO confidence, executive compensation, interest alignment, M&A, risk, risk bearing

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Under a Cloud of Suspicion: Trust, Distrust, and Their Interactive Effect in Interorganizational Contracting

Strategic Management Journal, 33:820-833, 2012
Posted: 22 Jan 2013
Brian L. Connelly, Toyah Miller and Cynthia E. Devers
Auburn University, Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Management & Entrepreneurship and Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

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trust, distrust, interorganizational relationships, policy capturing, hierarchical linear modeling

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Group Decision Process and Incrementalism in Organizational Decision Making

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Vol. 92, pp. 67-79, 2003
Posted: 07 Nov 2010
Henry Moon, Donald E. Conlon, Stephen E. Humphrey, Narda Quigley, Cynthia E. Devers and Jaclyn M. Jensen
affiliation not provided to SSRN, Michigan State University - Department of Management (deceased), Pennsylvania State University - Department of Management & Organization, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management and DePaul University

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Escalation of commitment, Group decision making, Decision biases

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Same as it Ever Was: The Search for Evidence of Increasing Hypercompetition

Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 24, pp. 261-278, 2003
Posted: 08 May 2009
Gerry McNamara, Paul M. Vaaler and Cynthia E. Devers
Michigan State University - The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities - Law School and Carlson School of Management and Michigan State University - Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management

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Hypercompetition, performance stability, sustainable advantage