Pumping the Brakes: Examining the Impact of CEO Political Ideology Divergence on Firm Responses

2021/01/28 by Matthew Semadeni, M. K. Chin, Ryan Krause · 91 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · #Business #Corporate Finance and Governance #Divergence (linguistics) #Economics #Ideology #Management #Management and Organizational Studies #Organizational behavior #Political Influence and Corporate Strategies #Political economy #Political science #Politics

paper · doi:10.5465/amj.2019.1131

published in Academy of Management Journal 65(2), 516-544 (Academy of Management)

openalex publication_date 2021/01/28 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

Research on CEO political ideology has demonstrated the construct’s impact on many firm outcomes. Yet, political ideology does not exist in a vacuum; beyond representing a CEO’s values, political i...

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