Call for papers
EURAM 2013, Istanbul
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Dear Colleague,
we are pleased to invite you to submit a paper to the track (#11):
Behavioral Perspectives on Corporate Governance: Boards of Directors and Worker Participation
of the next EURAM conference that will be in Istanbul 2013, June, 26-29. The track description can be found at
http://www.euram2013.com/userfiles/file/11_%20ABSTRACT%20FINAL%20GERWIN%20VAN%20DER%20LAAN.pdf
We invite papers that examine boards of directors and works councils and their relationships with the firm from a behavioral perspective, i.e., studies exploring the antecedents and consequences of board and works council (non)involvement as well as analyzing the dynamics, processes and structures in these corporate governance mechanisms. We particularly encourage submission of papers analyzing the behavior of individual actors. An understanding of their behavior in their context – be it representatives of shareholders, employees or other stakeholder groups – is a stepping stone for the advancement of knowledge on corporate governance.
Appropriate topics include, but are not limited, to:
How do board of directors and works councils function? How do the processes and dynamics of these corporate governance mechanisms affect firm performance?
What determines the balance of board tasks under various conditions? Are boards variously active under different ownership structures, or in different countries, and why is this?
What do boards and works councils actually do? What is their real contribution? How and when are boards of directors or board members involved in their control, service and strategic roles? How do they combine the seemingly conflicting demands posed by these roles?
What is the influence of director background, such as employees representatives, on the functioning of boards? What is an effective mix of governance mechanisms?
How does individual actor behavior aggregate to the functioning of the board or the works council?
Key dates
Deadline for paper submission: 15th January 2013 2pm CET
Notification of acceptance: From 26th March 2013
Deadline for author's registration/early bird fee: 23rd April 2013
EURAM Conference: 26th-29th June 2013
For more information on the conference, please visit the official website of the conference:
http://www.euram2013.com
If you need further information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Best regards,
Gerwin van der Laan
Assistant professor of institutional economics
Utrecht University – The Netherlands
Utrecht School of Economics
Assistant professor of organization and strategy
Tilburg University – The Netherlands
Tilburg School of Economics and Management