My research generally takes a behavioral or perceptual approach to understanding: 1) the influence that top executives, particularly CEOs, have on various organizational constituencies and governance structures; and, 2) the influence that external societal forces, external constituencies, and governance structures have on executive actions and organizational outcomes. Underlying much of my past research is a concern with understanding why wrongdoing or misconduct occurs–why do “good” people do “bad” things? I have also worked to advance the qualitative comparative analysis (QCA) and the set-theoretic approach of case research among strategy and management researchers.
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Publications in Refereed Journals
22. Dwivedi, P., Misangyi, V. F., & Joshi, A. 2021. “Burnt by the spotlight”: How Leadership Endorsements Impact the Longevity of Female Leaders. Journal of Applied Psychology, 106 (12), 1885-1906
21. Furnari, S. Crilly, D. Misangyi, V. F., Greckhamer, T., Fiss, P. C, & Aguilera, R. 2021. Capturing Causal Complexity: Heuristics for Configurational Theorizing. Academy of Management Review, 46 (4), 778-799. Full Text PDF
*** Finalist for the Best Paper Award for 2021, Academy of Management Review***
20. Quigley, T., Hambrick, D. C., Misangyi, V. F., & Rizzi, G. A. 2019. CEO Selection as Risk‐Taking: A New Vantage on the Debate about the Consequences of Insiders versus Outsiders. Strategic Management Journal, 40 (9): 1453-1470. Full Text PDF
19. Bragaw, N., & Misangyi, V. F. 2019. Disentangling Strategic Consensus: Strategic Consensus Types, Psychological Bonds, and Their Effects on Strategic Climate. Academy of Management Review, Published Online: 7 Mar 2019 https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2016.0228 Full Text PDF
18. Gutpa, A., & Misangyi, V. F. 2018. Follow the Leader (or Not): The Influence of Peer CEOs’ Characteristics on Inter-Organizational Imitation. Strategic Management Journal, 39: 1437-1472. Full Text PDF
17. Dwivedi, P., Joshi, A., & Misangyi, V. F. 2018. Gender-Inclusive Gatekeeping: How (Mostly Male) Predecessors Influence the Success of Female CEOs. Academy of Management Journal, 61(1): 1-26 Full Text PDF Online Supplemental Appendices
***Winner of the 2021 Sucheta Nadkarni Award for Outstanding Publication on Women Executive Leadership, Strategic Leadership & Governance IG, Strategic Management Society***
16. Bragaw, N. A., & Misangyi, V. F. 2017. The Value of CEO Mobility: Contextual Factors That Shape the Impact of Prior CEO Experience on Market Performance and CEO Compensation. Human Resource Management, 56(2): 243-266. Full Text PDF
15. Misangyi, V. F., Greckhamer, T., Furnari, S., Fiss, P. C., Crilly, D., & Aguilera, R. 2017. Embracing Causal Complexity: The Emergence of a Neo-Configurational Perspective. Journal of Management, 43(1): 255-282 Full Text PDF
14. Misangyi, V. F. 2016. Institutional Complexity and the Meaning of Loose Coupling: Connecting Institutional Sayings and (Not) Doings. Strategic Organization 14 (4): 407-440. Full Text PDF
13. Hambrick, D. C., Misangyi, V. F., & Park, C. 2015 The Quad Model for Identifying a Corporate Director’s Potential for Effective Monitoring: Toward a New Theory of Board Sufficiency. Academy of Management Review, 40(3): 323-344. Full Text PDF
*** Finalist for the Best Management Practice Paper Award for 2021, Academy of Management Review***
12. Parachuri, S., & Misangyi, V. F. 2015. Investor perceptions of financial misconduct: The heterogeneous contamination of bystander firms. Academy of Management Journal, 58(1): 169-194. [equal authorship]. Full Text PDF
11. Misangyi, V. F., & Acharya, A. 2014. Substitutes or Complements? A Configurational Examination of Corporate Governance Mechanisms. Academy of Management Journal, 57(6): 1681-1705. Full Text PDF
10. Fong, E., Misangyi, V. F., & Tosi, H. L. 2010. The Effect of CEO Pay Deviations on CEO Withdrawal, Firm Size, and Firm Profits. Strategic Management Journal, 31: 629-651. Full Text PDF
9. Fanelli, A., Misangyi, V. F., & Tosi, H. L. 2009. In Charisma We Trust: The Effects of CEO Charismatic Visions on Securities Analysts. Organization Science, 20: 1011-1033. Full Text PDF
8. Misangyi, V. F., Weaver, G., & Elms, H. 2008. Ending Corruption: The Interplay among Institutional Logics, Resources, and Institutional Entrepreneurs. Academy of Management Review 33: 750-770. Full Text PDF
***Winner of the Best Paper for 2008, International Association of Business and Society (IABS)***
7. Greckhamer, T., Misangyi, V. F., Elms, H., & Lacey, R. 2008. Using Qualitative Comparative Analysis in Strategic Management Research: An Examination of Combinations of Industry, Corporate, And Business-Unit Effects. Organizational Research Methods, 11: 695-726. Full Text PDF
***Finalist for the Best Paper Award of 2008, Organizational Research Methods***
6. Kor, Y., & Misangyi, V. F. 2008. Outside Directors’ Industry-Specific Experience and Firms’ Liability of Newness. Strategic Management Journal, 29: 1345-1355. Full Text PDF
5. Erez, A., Misangyi, V. F., Johnson, D. E., LePine, M. A., & Halverson, K. C. 2008. Stirring the Hearts of Followers: Charismatic Leadership as the Transferal of Affect. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93: 602-616. Full Text PDF
4. Misangyi, V. F., Elms, H., Greckhamer, T., & LePine, J. A. 2006. A New Perspective on a Fundamental Debate: A Multi-Level Approach to Industry, Corporate, and Business-Unit Effects. Strategic Management Journal 27, 571-590. Full Text PDF
3. Fanelli, A., & Misangyi, V. F. 2006. Bringing Out Charisma: CEO Charisma and External Stakeholders. Academy of Management Review 31: 1049-1061. [equal authorship] Full Text PDF
2. Misangyi, V. F., LePine, J. A., Algina, J., & Goeddeke, F. X. 2006. The Adequacy of Repeated Measures Regression for Multilevel Research: Comparisons with Repeated Measures ANOVA, Multivariate Repeated Measures ANOVA, and Multilevel Modeling across Various Multilevel Research Designs. Organizational Research Methods 9: 5-28. Full Text PDF
1. Tosi, H. L., Misangyi, V. F., Fanelli, A., Waldman, D. A., & Yammarino, F. J. 2004. CEO Charisma, Compensation, and Firm Performance. Leadership Quarterly 15: 405-420. Full Text PDF
Book Chapters, Book Reviews, and From the Editors
4. Devers, C. E., Misangyi, V. F., & Gamache, D. L. 2014. Editors’ Comments: On the Future of Publishing Management Theory. Academy of Management Review, 29(3): 245-249. Full Text PDF
3. Misangyi, V. F. 2014. Book Review: Donald Palmer’s Normal Organizational Wrongdoing: A Critical Analysis of Theories of Misconduct in and by Organizations. Organization Studies, 34(10): 1537-1541. Full Text PDF
2. Greckhamer, T., Misangyi, V. F., & Fiss, P. C. 2013. The Two QCAs: From a Small-N to a Large-N Set-Theoretic Approach. In P. Fiss, B. Cambre, and A. Marx (eds.) Configurational Theory and Methods in Organizational Research, edited volume is part of the Research in the Sociology of Organizations series. Full Text PDF
1. Weaver, G. & Misangyi, V. F. 2008. Corporations as citizens against corruption: An institutional entrepreneurship perspective. In A. G. Scherer & G. Palazzo’s (Eds) Handbook of Research on Global Corporate Citizenship, pp. 185-207. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. [equal authorship]. Full Text PDF