The role of facial appearance on CEO selection after firm misconduct
| Autor: | Warren Boeker, David M. Gomulya, Margaret Ormiston, Elaine M. Wong |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Successor cardinal Facial expression Notice Social perception 05 social sciences Personnel selection Trust CEO succession 050105 experimental psychology Leadership Misconduct Social Perception Organizational behavior Face 0502 economics and business Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Personnel Selection Professional Misconduct Psychology Social psychology 050203 business & management Applied Psychology |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Applied Psychology. 102:617-635 |
| ISSN: | 1939-1854 0021-9010 |
| Popis: | [Correction Notice: An Erratum for this article was reported in Vol 102(4) of Journal of Applied Psychology (see record 2017-10684-001). The wrong figure files were used. All versions of this article have been corrected.] We investigate a particular aspect of CEO successor trustworthiness that may be critically important after a firm has engaged in financial misconduct. Specifically, drawing on prior research that suggests that facial appearance is one critical way in which trustworthiness is signaled, we argue that leaders who convey integrity, a component of trustworthiness, will be more likely to be selected as successors after financial restatement. We predict that such appointments garner more positive reactions by external observers such as investment analysts and the media because these CEOs are perceived as having greater integrity. In an archival study of firms that have announced financial restatements, we find support for our predictions. These findings have implications for research on CEO succession, leadership selection, facial appearance, and firm misconduct. (PsycINFO Database Record |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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