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Corporate Governance and Knowledge Management: How Board Independence May Increase CEO Paranoia, and Lead to Increased Top Management Team Homophily

International Journal of Strategic Change Management, Forthcoming

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 24 Sep 2009 Last Revised: 28 Sep 2009

Mason A. Carpenter, James D. Westphal and Michael L. McDonald

University of Wisconsin-Madison (Deceased), University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration

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How Experience and Network Ties Affect the Influence of Demographic Minorities on Corporate Boards

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How Experience and Network Ties Affect the Influence of Demographic Minorities on Corporate Boards

Number of pages: 73 Posted: 03 Nov 2000

James D. Westphal and Laurie P. Milton

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Calgary - Haskayne School of Business

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How Experience and Network Ties Affect the Influence of Demographic Minorities on Corporate Boards

Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 45, No. 2, June 2000

Posted: 08 Dec 2000

James D. Westphal and Laurie P. Milton

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Calgary - Haskayne School of Business

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Surveying the Corporate Elite: Theoretical and Practical Guidance on Improving Response Rates and Response Quality in Top Management Survey Questionnaires

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN STRATEGY AND MANAGEMENT, David Ketchen, Donald Bergh, eds., JAI Press, Forthcoming, Ross School of Business Research Paper No. B002

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 11 Oct 2006

Michael Bednar and James D. Westphal

University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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The Other Pathway to the Boardroom: How Interpersonal Influence Behavior Can Substitute for Elite Credentials and Demographic Majority Status in Gaining Access to Board Appointments

Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 51, No. 2, 2006, Ross School of Business Paper No. B001

Number of pages: 37 Posted: 11 Oct 2006

James D. Westphal and Ithai Stern

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business

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The Social Construction of Market Value: Institutionalization and Learning Perspectives on Stock Market Reactions

American Sociological Review, Vol. 69, pp. 433-458, 2004, Ross School of Business Paper No. B007

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 11 Oct 2006

Edward J. Zajac and James D. Westphal

Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Business and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Keeping Directors in Line: Social Distancing as a Control Mechanism in the Corporate Elite

Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 48, pp. 361-398, 2003, Copyright, Ross School of Business Paper No. B008

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Jan 2005

James D. Westphal and Poonam Khanna

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Texas at San Antonio, Department of Management

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Identity Confirmation Networks and Cooperation in Workgroups

Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 48, pp. 191-212, 2005, Ross School of Business Paper No. B005

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Oct 2006

Laurie P. Milton and James D. Westphal

University of Calgary - Haskayne School of Business and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Pluralistic Ignorance in Corporate Boards and Firms' Strategic Persistence in Response to Low Firm Performance

Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 50, pp. 262-298, 2005, Ross School of Business Paper No. B004

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 11 Oct 2006

James D. Westphal and Michael Bednar

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business

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Getting by with the Advice of Their Friends: CEOS' Advice Networks and Firms' Strategic Responses to Poor Performance

Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 48, 2003, Ross School of Business Paper No. B009

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 18 Oct 2006

Michael L. McDonald and James D. Westphal

University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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How Directors’ Prior Experience with Other Demographically Similar CEOs Affects Their Appointments Onto Corporate Boards and the Consequences for CEO Compensation

Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 57, No. 3, pp. 791-813, 2014

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 15 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2015

David Zhu and James D. Westphal

Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey School of Business and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Research Impact: How Seemingly Innocuous Social Cues in a CEO Survey Can Lead to Change in Board of Director Network Ties

Strategic Organization, Vol. 2, pp. 227-271, 2004, Ross School of Business Paper No. B006

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 11 Oct 2006

Marc-David L. Seidel and James D. Westphal

UBC Sauder School of Business and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Misperceiving the Beliefs of Others: How Pluralistic Ignorance Contributes to the Persistence of Positive Security Analyst Reactions to the Adoption of Stock Repurchase Plans

Organization Science, Vol. 22, No.4, pp. 869-886, 2011

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 17 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2015

David Zhu and James D. Westphal

Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey School of Business and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Avoiding Bad Press: Interpersonal Influence in Relations between CEOs and Journalists and the Consequences for Press Reporting About Firms and Their Leadership

Organization Science, 2010, University of Alberta School of Business Research Paper No. 2013-400

Posted: 27 May 2013

James D. Westphal and David L. Deephouse

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Alberta School of Business, University of Alberta

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A Behavioral Theory of Corporate Governance: Explicating the Mechanisms of Socially Situated and Socially Constituted Agency

Academy of Management Annals, Forthcoming

Posted: 20 Mar 2013

James D. Westphal and Edward J. Zajac

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Business

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Me or We: The Effects of CEO Organizational Identification on Agency Costs

Academy of Management Journal, Forthcoming

Posted: 21 May 2010

Steven Boivie, Donald Lange, Michael L. McDonald and James D. Westphal

Texas A&M University - Department of Management, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Central Florida - College of Business Administration and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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The Strategic Impetus for Social Network Ties: How Strategic Dependencies Affect the Likelihood of Reconstituting Broken CEO Friendship Ties to Executives of Other Firms

Strategic Management Journal, Vol. 27, pp. 425-445, January 2006, Ross School of Business Paper No. B003

Posted: 11 Oct 2006

James D. Westphal, Steven Boivie and Han Ming Chng

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business, Texas A&M University - Department of Management and University of Texas at Austin - Red McCombs School of Business

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The Strategic Context of External Network Ties: Examining the Impact of Director Appointments on Board Involvement in Strategic Decision Making

Academy of Management Journal, Vol. 44, No. 4

Posted: 18 Jul 2000

Mason A. Carpenter and James D. Westphal

University of Wisconsin-Madison (Deceased) and University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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Board Games: How CEOS Adapt to Increases in Structural Board Independence from Management

Administrative Science Quarterly, Vol. 43, No. 1, 1998.

Posted: 24 Sep 1998

James D. Westphal

University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business

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