Michael Withers - Texas A&M University (TAMU) Scholar

HR job title

Associate Professor and Associate Dean for Research and Scholarship

selected publications

academic article
- Harrison, J. S., Boivie, S., & Withers, M. C. (2022). Executives' Prior Employment Ties to Interlocking Directors and Interfirm Mobility. Organization Science.
- Krause, R., Withers, M. C., & Waller, M. J. (2022). Leading the Board in a Crisis: Strategy and Performance Implications of Board Chair Directive Leadership. Journal of Management. 014920632211215-014920632211215.
- Ireland, R. D., Withers, M. C., Harrison, J. S., Boss, D. S., & Scoresby, R. (2022). Strategic Entrepreneurship: A Review and Research Agenda. Entrepreneurship: Theory and Practice. 104225872211117-104225872211117.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Chirico, F., Gmez-Mejia, L. R., Hellerstedt, K., Withers, M., & Nordqvist, M. (2019). To Merge, Sell, or Liquidate? Socioemotional Wealth, Family Control, and the Choice of Business Exit. Journal of Management. 46(8), 1342-1379.
- Zona, F., Gomez-Mejia, L. R., & Withers, M. C. (2018). Board Interlocks and Firm Performance: Toward a Combined Agency-Resource Dependence Perspective. Journal of Management. 44(2), 589-618.
- 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.
- Withers, M., Kim, J., & Howard, M. (2018). The evolution of the board interlock network following Sarbanes-Oxley. Social Networks. 52, 56-67.
- Certo, S. T., Withers, M. C., & Semadeni, M. (2017). A tale of two effects: Using longitudinal data to compare within- and between-firm effects. Strategic Management Journal. 38(7), 1536-1556.
- 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.
- Withers, M. C., & Fitza, M. A. (2017). Do board chairs matter? The influence of board chairs on firm performance. Strategic Management Journal. 38(6), 1343-1355.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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). Strategic Management Journal. 37(11), 2222-2234.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Withers, M. C., Hillman, A. J., & Cannella, A. (2012). A Multidisciplinary Review of the Director Selection Literature. Journal of Management. 38(1), 243-277.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Hillman, A. J., Withers, M. C., & Collins, B. J. (2009). Resource Dependence Theory: A Review. Journal of Management. 35(6), 1404-1427.
conference paper
- 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.
- Withers, M. C., & Hillman, A. J. (2008). Director identities and the role of the board in organizational turnaround
webpage
- 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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