HR job title
- Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship
- Contact Info
- 1 979 845 4851
Withers, Michael Professor
Positions
- Professor, Management, Mays Business School
My research interests include corporate governance, director selection and mobility, and the management of resource dependencies through the board of directors.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Withers, M. C., Lee, K. H., Bermiss, Y. S., & Boivie, S.
(2024).
Upper Echelon Employment: A Review of the Fundamental Questions Related to the Executive Labor Market. Journal of Management.
50(1), 71-121.
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Harrison, J. S., Boivie, S., & Withers, M. C.
(2023).
Executives' Prior Employment Ties to Interlocking Directors and Interfirm Mobility. Organization science.
34(4), 1602-1625.
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Ireland, R. D., Withers, M. C., Harrison, J. S., Boss, D. S., & Scoresby, R.
(2023).
Strategic Entrepreneurship: A Review and Research Agenda. 47(2), 495-523.
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Krause, R., Withers, M. C., & Waller, M. J.
(2022).
Leading the Board in a Crisis: Strategy and Performance Implications of Board Chair Directive Leadership. 50(2), 654-684.
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Boivie, S., Withers, M. C., Graffin, S. D., & Corley, K. G.
(2021).
Corporate directors' implicit theories of the roles and duties of boards. Strategic Management Journal.
42(9), 1662-1695.
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Chirico, F., Gmez-Mejia, L. R., Hellerstedt, K., Withers, M., & Nordqvist, M.
(2020).
To Merge, Sell, or Liquidate? Socioemotional Wealth, Family Control, and the Choice of Business Exit. Journal of Management.
46(8), 1342-1379.
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Withers, M. C., Howard, M. D., & Tihanyi, L.
(2020).
You've Got a Friend: Examining Board Interlock Formation After Financial Restatements. Organization science.
31(3), 742-769.
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Andrus, J. L., Withers, M. C., Courtright, S. H., & Boivie, S.
(2019).
Go your own way: Exploring the causes of top executive turnover. Strategic Management Journal.
40(7), 1151-1168.
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Zona, F., Gomez-Mejia, L. R., & Withers, M. C.
(2018).
Board Interlocks and Firm Performance: Toward a Combined Agency-Resource Dependence Perspective. 44(2), 589-618.
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Withers, M. C., Ireland, R. D., Miller, D., Harrison, J. S., & Boss, D. S.
(2018).
COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE SHIFTS: THE INFLUENCE OF STRATEGIC ENTREPRENEURSHIP ON SHIFTS IN MARKET COMMONALITY. ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW.
43(3), 349-370.
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Withers, M., Kim, J., & Howard, M.
(2018).
The evolution of the board interlock network following Sarbanes-Oxley. Social Networks.
52, 56-67.
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Certo, S. T., Withers, M. C., & Semadeni, M.
(2017).
A tale of two effects: Using longitudinal data to compare within- and between-firm effects. 38(7), 1536-1556.
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Withers, M. C., & Fitza, M. A.
(2017).
Do board chairs matter? The influence of board chairs on firm performance. 38(6), 1343-1355.
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Krause, R., Withers, M. C., & Semadeni, M.
(2017).
COMPROMISE ON THE BOARD: INVESTIGATING THE ANTECEDENTS AND CONSEQUENCES OF LEAD INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR APPOINTMENT. Academy of Management Journal.
60(6), 2239-2265.
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Howard, M. D., Withers, M. C., & Tihanyi, L.
(2017).
KNOWLEDGE DEPENDENCE AND THE FORMATION OF DIRECTOR INTERLOCKS. Academy of Management Journal.
60(5), 1986-2013.
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Howard, M. D., Withers, M. C., Carnes, C. M., & Hillman, A. J.
(2016).
FRIENDS OR STRANGERS? IT ALL DEPENDS ON CONTEXT: A REPLICATION AND EXTENSION OF BECKMAN, HAUNSCHILD, AND PHILLIPS (2004). 37(11), 2222-2234.
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Krause, R., Semadeni, M., & Withers, M. C.
(2016).
That special someone: When the board views its chair as a resource. Strategic Management Journal.
37(9), 1990-2002.
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Boivie, S., Graffin, S. D., Oliver, A. G., & Withers, M. C.
(2016).
COME ABOARD! EXPLORING THE EFFECTS OF DIRECTORSHIPS IN THE EXECUTIVE LABOR MARKET. Academy of Management Journal.
59(5), 1681-1706.
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Cannella, A., Jones, C. D., & Withers, M. C.
(2015).
FAMILY- VERSUS LONE-FOUNDER-CONTROLLED PUBLIC CORPORATIONS: SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORY AND BOARDS OF DIRECTORS. Academy of Management Journal.
58(2), 436-459.
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Semadeni, M., Withers, M. C., & Certo, S. T.
(2014).
THE PERILS OF ENDOGENEITY AND INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLES IN STRATEGY RESEARCH: UNDERSTANDING THROUGH SIMULATIONS. Strategic Management Journal.
35(7), 1070-1079.
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Withers, M. C., Corley, K. G., & Hillman, A. J.
(2012).
Stay or Leave: Director Identities and Voluntary Exit from the Board During Organizational Crisis. Organization science.
23(3), 835-850.
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Withers, M. C., Hillman, A. J., & Cannella, A.
(2012).
A Multidisciplinary Review of the Director Selection Literature. Journal of Management.
38(1), 243-277.
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Withers, M. C., Drnevich, P. L., & Marino, L.
(2011).
Doing More with Less: The Disordinal Implications of Firm Age for Leveraging Capabilities for Innovation Activity. JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT.
49(4), 515-536.
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Hillman, A. J., Withers, M. C., & Collins, B. J.
(2009).
Resource Dependence Theory: A Review. Journal of Management.
35(6), 1404-1427.
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Hoskisson, R. E., Castleton, M. W., & Withers, M. C.
(2009).
Complementarity in Monitoring and Bonding: More Intense Monitoring Leads to Higher Executive Compensation. Academy of Management Perspectives.
23(2), 57-74.
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Kraft, P. S., Dickler, T. A., & Withers, M. C.
When do firms benefit from overconfident CEOs? The role of board expertise and power for technological breakthrough innovation. Strategic Management Journal.
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Withers, M. C., Lee, K. H., Bermiss, Y. S., & Boivie, S.
(2024).
Upper Echelon Employment: A Review of the Fundamental Questions Related to the Executive Labor Market. Journal of Management.
50(1), 71-121.
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conference paper
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Withers, M. C., Sirmon, D., Tuggle, C., & Carnes, C. M.
(2014).
Competing from the board room: How the board affects a firms competitive dynamics. Academy of Management Proceedings.
11575-11575.
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Withers, M. C., & Hillman, A. J.
(2008).
Director identities and the role of the board in organizational turnaround
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Withers, M. C., Sirmon, D., Tuggle, C., & Carnes, C. M.
(2014).
Competing from the board room: How the board affects a firms competitive dynamics. Academy of Management Proceedings.
11575-11575.
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webpage
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Withers, M., & Boivie, S.
(2022).
Elon Musk wont have a board to watch him when he takes Twitter private does that matter?
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Withers, M., & Boivie, S.
(2022).
Elon Musk wont have a board to watch him when he takes Twitter private does that matter?
Teaching
teaching activities
- BUSN481 Sem In Strategic Thinking Instructor
- MGMT466 Hnr-strategic Management Instructor
- MGMT618 Corp Strat & Pol Envir Instructor
- MGMT680 Business & Corp Strategy Instructor
- MGMT685 Directed Studies Instructor
- MGMT686 Res Meth In Org Sci Ii Instructor
- MGMT689 Sptp: Mergers & Acquisitions Instructor
- MGMT691 Research Instructor
Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
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Scoresby, Richard Blair (2018-08). CEO Regulatory Focus Effect on Firm Innovation Mode.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Strategic Management, Arizona State University - (Tempe, Arizona, United States) 2011
- M.A. in Management, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa - (Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States) 2007
- M.B.A., University of Southern Mississippi - (Hattiesburg, Mississippi, United States) 2004
- B.B.A. in Management, Mississippi State University - (Starkville, Mississippi, United States) 2002
awards and honors
Contact
first name
- Michael
has last name
- Withers
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Management
4221 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4221
USA
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In the News
- Texas A&M University Announces 2020 EDGES Fellows News Release
- mwithers@tamu.edu