Reputation and impression management

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ASQ Interview

Sharkey, Pontikes, & Hsu (2022). The Impact of Mandated Pay Gap Transparency on Firms’ Reputation as Employers

By Yun Ha ChoMay 29, 20231

A MeToo project stalled on data problems, then a newspaper story about the UK's pay gap transparency law set a new course. Amanda ...

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ASQ Interview

Keeves, Westphal and McDonald (2017) Those Closest Wield the Sharpest Knife: How Ingratiation Leads to Resentment and Social Undermining of the CEO

By Danielle BovenbergJune 13, 20220

Flattery works even when you have nothing to brag about. Gareth Keeves, James Westphal, and Michael McDonald on why ingratiating managers come to ...

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ASQ Podcast

Podcast: Patil (2018). “The Public Doesn’t Understand”: The Self-reinforcing Interplay of Image Discrepancies and Political Ideologies in Law Enforcement

By Hui SunSeptember 20, 20190

A senior colleague didn't want the trip to a Florida sheriff's department, so Shefali Patil went instead, arriving two weeks before body cameras ...

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ASQ Interview

Cole & Chandler (2019). A Model of Competitive Impression Management: Edison versus Westinghouse in the War of the Currents

By Hui SunSeptember 6, 20190

Why did Edison campaign to have executions run on Westinghouse's alternating current, and why did Westinghouse trash his own invention in response? Benjamin ...

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ASQ Interview

Carlos & Lewis (2017). Strategic Silence: Withholding Certification Status as a Hypocrisy Avoidance Tactic

By amyzhaodingDecember 20, 20170

Chad Carlos noticed something odd in a seminar dataset: hotels that had earned costly ecotourism certifications weren't mentioning them anywhere. He and Ben ...

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ASQ Interview

Flynn, Chatman, & Spataro (2011). Getting to Know You: The Influence of Personality on Impressions and Performance of Demographically Different People in Organizations

By Chen ZhangApril 5, 20170

Francis Flynn, Jennifer Chatman, and Sandra Spataro flip the usual question about stereotyping: instead of studying perceivers, they ask whether extraverted, self-monitoring targets ...

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ASQ Podcast

McDonnell & Werner Dec (2016). Blacklisted Businesses: Social Activists’ Challenges and the Disruption of Corporate Political Activity

By daphnetehOctober 26, 20160

A Politico article about corporate PACs with bad PR sat on Timothy Werner's back burner until Mary-Hunter McDonnell visited his campus. They discuss ...

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ASQ Interview

Kang, DeCelles, Tilcsik, & Jun (2016). Whitened Résumés: Race and Self-Presentation in the Labor Market

By Chen ZhangAugust 31, 20160

The idea for studying résumé whitening came from Sora Jun, then an undergraduate. She and Sonia Kang, Katherine DeCelles, and András Tilcsik describe ...

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ASQ Interview

Park & Westphal (2013).Social Discrimination in the Corporate Elite: How Status Affects the Propensity for Minority CEOs to Receive Blame for Low Firm Performance

By cacevesumichMarch 2, 20160

Sun Hyun Park and James Westphal found white male executives steering blame toward minority CEOs in the press. The bigger surprise: female and ...

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ASQ Interview

Westphal, Park, McDonald, & Hayward (2012). Helping Other CEOs Avoid Bad Press: Social Exchange and Impression Management Support among CEOs in Communications with Journalists

By cacevesumichNovember 4, 20151

When bad earnings news hits, a CEO's best defense may be another CEO's praise. James Westphal, Sun Hyun Park, Michael McDonald, and Mathew ...

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ASQ Interview

Pollock, Lee, Jin, & Lashley (2015). (Un)tangled: Exploring the Asymmetric Coevolution of New Venture Capital Firms’ Reputation and Status

By mgmauskapfJune 29, 20150

Timothy Pollock got tired of scholars using status and reputation interchangeably, often with identical measures. He and coauthors Peggy Lee, Kyuho Jin, and ...

Tag: Reputation and impression management

Sharkey, Pontikes, & Hsu (2022). The Impact of Mandated Pay Gap Transparency on Firms’ Reputation as Employers

Keeves, Westphal and McDonald (2017) Those Closest Wield the Sharpest Knife: How Ingratiation Leads to Resentment and Social Undermining of the CEO

Podcast: Patil (2018). “The Public Doesn’t Understand”: The Self-reinforcing Interplay of Image Discrepancies and Political Ideologies in Law Enforcement

Cole & Chandler (2019). A Model of Competitive Impression Management: Edison versus Westinghouse in the War of the Currents

Carlos & Lewis (2017). Strategic Silence: Withholding Certification Status as a Hypocrisy Avoidance Tactic

Flynn, Chatman, & Spataro (2011). Getting to Know You: The Influence of Personality on Impressions and Performance of Demographically Different People in Organizations

McDonnell & Werner Dec (2016). Blacklisted Businesses: Social Activists’ Challenges and the Disruption of Corporate Political Activity

Kang, DeCelles, Tilcsik, & Jun (2016). Whitened Résumés: Race and Self-Presentation in the Labor Market

Park & Westphal (2013).Social Discrimination in the Corporate Elite: How Status Affects the Propensity for Minority CEOs to Receive Blame for Low Firm Performance

Westphal, Park, McDonald, & Hayward (2012). Helping Other CEOs Avoid Bad Press: Social Exchange and Impression Management Support among CEOs in Communications with Journalists

Pollock, Lee, Jin, & Lashley (2015). (Un)tangled: Exploring the Asymmetric Coevolution of New Venture Capital Firms’ Reputation and Status

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