An Examination Of Ceo Reputation Decline And Repair In Response To Deviant Actions

Despite increasing interest in managerial reputation, little research in the management field has attempted to theorize and empirically examine reputation as a dynamic construct. This paper synthesizes prior reputation literature across disciplines to develop a model of reputation change. Using the context of executive termination it is hypothesized that the same managerial outcome (i.e. termination) carries varied meaning to stakeholders depending on the actions leading to and reason for termination and such meaning impacts the level of executive reputation decline and repair. Additionally, drawing on four established theoretical mechanisms in the reputation literature it is hypothesized that various traits, relationships, performance signals, and repudiation activities also influence the reputation repair of executives. Using survival analysis and a sample of 487 CEO terminations, results suggest the strongest influence on reputation repair to be executive traits and relational ties.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D. in Business Administration

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Management

Year dc:date.available

2016

Author dc:creator

• Palar, Jennifer Marie

Contributors dc:contributor

• Richard J. Gentry
• Victoria Dickinson
• Maria Gondo

• Business Administration, Management, and Operations

Repository record dc:identifier

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/915

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:egrove.olemiss.edu:etd-1914