Dear colleagues-
We are pleased to invite you to an upcoming panel symposium titled "DEI at the top? A corporate governance view on the composition and characteristics of firm leaders (session 2040)" at the Academy of Management Annual Meeting in Seattle.
Symposium Overview:
Given the recent rise in conversations on social issues such as diversity, equity, and inclusion, in this symposium we first seek to focus on questions that ask how internal and external governance mechanisms can affect the composition (e.g., in terms of gender, race/ethnicity) of top management teams and boards – that is, who gets appointed to the leadership. In addition, echoing prior calls that much more needs to be done to understand the causes rather than the consequences of managerial characteristics if we seek to further our insights into how such characteristics eventually become manifested in firm outcomes, we also intend to have a discussion on how corporate governance mechanisms can shape the often-studied individual attributes (e.g., values, cognitions, even personalities) of top executives.
Panelists:
Gerry M. McNamara, Michigan State U.
Cynthia E. Devers, Virginia Tech
James D. Westphal, U. of Michigan
Margarethe F Wiersema, U. of California, Irvine
Edward J. Zajac, Northwestern U.
Organizers:
Daniel Zyung, Southern Methodist U.
M. K. Chin, Indiana U., Bloomington
Date:
August 9th, 2022, 1:30 PM– 3:00 PM, Seattle Convention Center (Room 307)
Format:
This symposium will follow a "hybrid view" format. Each panelist's presentation will be followed by a moderated panel discussion and an open dialogue with the audience. For further information, see details in the Annual Meeting Program at https://2022.aom.org/meetings/virtual/eJwpjZ6XG52GpEBhK
Please feel free to reach out to Daniel Zyung (jzyung@smu.edu) or M. K. Chin (chinmk@indiana.edu) if you have any questions.
Best,
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Daniel Zyung
Assistant Professor
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
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