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Devers, Cynthia Professor
Positions
- Professor, Management, Mays Business School
My research focuses on corporate governance, executive compensation, M&A, and social evaluations. I draw on behavioral decision and social psychological perspectives to examine the roles governance and social evaluations play in individual perceptions, individual and group behavior,
and organizational outcomes.
and organizational outcomes.
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Publications
selected publications
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academic article
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Klein, F. B., Chaigneau, P., & Devers, C. E.
(2021).
CEO Gender-Based Termination Concerns: Evidence From Initial Severance Agreements. Journal of Management.
47(3), 567-596.
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Jiang, H., Xia, J., Devers, C. E., & Shen, W.
(2021).
WHO WILL BOARD A SINKING SHIP? A FIRM-DIRECTOR INTERDEPENDENCE PERSPECTIVE OF MUTUAL SELECTION BETWEEN DECLINING FIRMS AND DIRECTOR CANDIDATES. Academy of Management Journal.
64(3), 901-925.
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Clark, B., Schnatterly, K., Calvano Da Silva, F., Gangloff, K. A., Berns, J., Devers, C. E., & Johnson, R. A.
(2020).
Eliminating Shiny Objects:Technology Committee Presence, Composition, and Innovation. Academy of Management Proceedings.
2020(1), 20826-20826.
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Devers, C. E., Wuorinen, S., McNamara, G., Haleblian, J. J., Gee, I. H., & Kim, J.
(2020).
AN INTEGRATIVE REVIEW OF THE EMERGING BEHAVIORAL ACQUISITION LITERATURE: CHARTING THE NEXT DECADE OF RESEARCH. The Academy of Management Annals.
14(2), 869-907.
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Parker, O., Krause, R., & Devers, C.
(2020).
Firm Reputation, Managerial Discretion, and Conceptual Clarity. ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW.
45(2), 475-478.
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Parker, O., Krause, R., & Devers, C. E.
(2019).
HOW FIRM REPUTATION SHAPES MANAGERIAL DISCRETION. ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW.
44(2), 254-278.
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Gamache, D. L., McNamara, G., Graffin, S. D., Kiley, J., Haleblian, J., & Devers, C. E.
(2019).
IMPRESSION OFFSETTING AS AN EARLY WARNING SIGNAL OF LOW CEO CONFIDENCE IN ACQUISITIONS. Academy of Management Journal.
62(5), 1307-1332.
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Pfarrer, M. D., Devers, C. E., Corley, K., Cornelissen, J. P., Lange, D., Makadok, R., Mayer, K., & Weber, L.
(2019).
SOCIOCOGNITIVE PERSPECTIVES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT. ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW.
44(4), 766-773.
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Dwivedi, P., Gee, I. H., Lovelace, J., Hambrick, D. C., Carton, A., Devers, C. E., Hiller, N. J., & Westphal, J. D.
(2019).
Whats in the Black Box? A Dialogue Between Micro and Macro on Psychological Processes of Leaders. Academy of Management Proceedings.
2019(1), 19042-19042.
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Devers, C. E., & Mishina, Y.
(2019).
Comments on Stigma Versus Legitimacy. Journal of Management Inquiry.
28(1), 16-21.
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Hubbard, T. D., Zhu, D. H., Chen, G., Devers, C. E., Helfat, C. E., & Wade, J.
(2018).
Frontiers of Psychological Research in Strategic Management. Academy of Management Proceedings.
2018(1), 14627-14627.
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Pan, L., McNamara, G., Lee, J. J., Haleblian, J. J., & Devers, C. E.
(2018).
Give it to us straight (most of the time): Top managers' use of concrete language and its effect on investor reactions. Strategic Management Journal.
39(8), 2204-2225.
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Klein, F., Hill, A., Devers, C. E., & Hinkel, M.
(2018).
One Size Doesn't Fit All: Gender Differences in the CEO Compensation-Firm Risk-Taking Relationship. Academy of Management Proceedings.
2018(1), 13281-13281.
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Klein, F., McSweeney, K., Oliver, A. G., Bonet, R., Devers, C. E., Hamori, M. D., & Shropshire, C.
(2017).
Adding Voice to Our Research: A Dialogue With Female Executives. Academy of Management Proceedings.
2017(1), 13752-13752.
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Gamache, D., McNamara, G. M., Kiley, J., Haleblian, J. M., & Devers, C. E.
(2017).
Impression Offsetting as an Early Warning of CEO Pessimism on Acquisition-Value Creation. Academy of Management Proceedings.
2017(1), 16293-16293.
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Steinbach, A. L., Holcomb, T. R., Holmes, R., Devers, C. E., & Cannella, A.
(2017).
TOP MANAGEMENT TEAM INCENTIVE HETEROGENEITY, STRATEGIC INVESTMENT BEHAVIOR, AND PERFORMANCE: A CONTINGENCY THEORY OF INCENTIVE ALIGNMENT. Strategic Management Journal.
38(8), 1701-1720.
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Pan, L., McNamara, G. M., Lee, J., Haleblian, J. M., & Devers, C. E.
(2017).
Give It to Us Straight: Language Concreteness and Its Effects on Investors Reactions. Academy of Management Proceedings.
2017(1), 12140-12140.
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Connelly, B. L., Haynes, K. T., Tihanyi, L., Gamache, D. L., & Devers, C. E.
(2016).
Minding the Gap: Antecedents and Consequences of Top Management-To-Worker Pay Dispersion. Journal of Management.
42(4), 862-885.
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Seo, J., Gamache, D. L., Devers, C. E., & Carpenter, M. A.
(2016).
THE ROLE OF CEO RELATIVE STANDING IN ACQUISITION BEHAVIOR AND CEO PAY (vol 36, pg 1877, 2015). Strategic Management Journal.
37(2), 425-425.
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Klein, F. B., Gamache, D., Devers, C. E., & Hannigan, T. R.
(2016).
"To Buy, Or Not To Buy? The Influence Of CEO Gender On Acquisition Investment Behavior". Academy of Management Proceedings.
2016(1), 14076-14076.
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Seo, J., Gamache, D. L., Devers, C. E., & Carpenter, M. A.
(2015).
The role of CEO relative standing in acquisition behavior and CEO pay. Strategic Management Journal.
36(12), 1877-1894.
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Pan, L., McNamara, G., & Devers, C. E.
(2015).
"Its Not Only What You Say, But How You Say It: Investors' Responses to Cooperative Communication". Academy of Management Proceedings.
2015(1), 14230-14230.
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Devers, C. E., Misangyi, V. F., & Gamache, D. L.
(2014).
EDITORS' COMMENTS: ON THE FUTURE OF PUBLISHING MANAGEMENT THEORY. ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT REVIEW.
39(3), 245-249.
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Devers, C. E., McNamara, G., Haleblian, J., & Yoder, M. E.
(2013).
DO THEY WALK THE TALK? GAUGING ACQUIRING CEO AND DIRECTOR CONFIDENCE IN THE VALUE CREATION POTENTIAL OF ANNOUNCED ACQUISITIONS. Academy of Management Journal.
56(6), 1679-1702.
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Connelly, B. L., Miller, T., & Devers, C. E.
(2012).
Under a cloud of suspicion: trust, distrust, and their interactive effect in interorganizational contracting. Strategic Management Journal.
33(7), 820-833.
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Holmes, R., Bromiley, P., Devers, C. E., Holcomb, T. R., & McGuire, J. B.
(2011).
Management Theory Applications of Prospect Theory: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Opportunities. Journal of Management.
37(4), 1069-1107.
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Haleblian, J., Devers, C. E., McNamara, G., Carpenter, M. A., & Davison, R. B.
(2009).
Taking Stock of What We Know About Mergers and Acquisitions: A Review and Research Agenda. Journal of Management.
35(3), 469-502.
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Devers, C. E., Dewett, T., Mishina, Y., & Belsito, C. A.
(2009).
A General Theory of Organizational Stigma. Organization science.
20(1), 154-171.
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Devers, C. E., McNamara, G., Wiseman, R. M., & Arrfelt, M.
(2008).
Moving closer to the action: Examining compensation design effects on firm risk. Organization science.
19(4), 548-566.
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Devers, C. E., Cannella, A., Reilly, G. P., & Yoder, M. E.
(2007).
Executive compensation: A multidisciplinary review of recent developments. Journal of Management.
33(6), 1016-1072.
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Devers, C. E., Wiseman, R. M., & Holmes, R.
(2007).
The effects of endowment and loss aversion in managerial stock option valuation. Academy of Management Journal.
50(1), 191-208.
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Moon, H., Conlon, D. E., Humphrey, S. E., Quigley, N., Devers, C. E., & Nowakowski, J. M.
(2003).
Group decision process and incrementalism in organizational decision making. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes.
92(1-2), 67-79.
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Chatterjee, S., Wiseman, R. M., Fiegenbaum, A., & Devers, C. E.
(2003).
Integrating behavioural and economic concepts of risk into strategic management: The twain shall meet. Long Range Planning.
36(1), 61-79.
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McNamara, G., Vaaler, P. M., & Devers, C.
(2003).
Same as it ever was: The search for evidence of increasing hypercompetition. Strategic Management Journal.
24(3), 261-278.
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Klein, F. B., Chaigneau, P., & Devers, C. E.
(2021).
CEO Gender-Based Termination Concerns: Evidence From Initial Severance Agreements. Journal of Management.
47(3), 567-596.
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chapter
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Devers, C. E., & Sanders, W. G.
(2018).
CEO Compensation. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management.
(pp. 220-224).
Springer Nature.
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Klein, F. B., McSweeney, K., Devers, C. E., McNamara, G., & Blosser, S.
(2017).
Executive Severance Agreements: Making Sense of an Emerging, Yet Fragmented, Research Field. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Business and Management.
Oxford University Press (OUP).
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Devers, C. E., & Sanders, W. G.
(2016).
CEO Compensation. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management.
(pp. 1-5).
Springer Nature.
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Steinbach, A., Devers, C. E., McNamara, G., & Li, J.
(2016).
Peering into the Executive Mind: Expanding Our Understanding of the Motives for Acquisitions. Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions.
Advances in Mergers and Acquisitions.
(pp. 145-160).
Emerald.
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Mishina, Y., & Devers, C. E.
(2012).
On Being Bad: Why Stigma is not the Same as a Bad Reputation. Pollock, T. G., & Barnett, M. L. (Eds.),
The Oxford Handbook of Corporate Reputation.
Oxford University Press.
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Clegg, S., & Bailey, J.
(2008).
Organizational Stigma. International Encyclopedia of Organization Studies.
SAGE Publications.
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Devers, C. E., & Sanders, W. G.
(2018).
CEO Compensation. The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management.
(pp. 220-224).
Springer Nature.
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conference paper
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Seo, J., Gamache, D., & Devers, C. E.
(2014).
CEO Relative Pay Standing and Acquisition Activity. Academy of Management Proceedings.
14169-14169.
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Devers, C. E., Holcomb, T. R., Holmes, R. M., & Cannella, A. A.
(2006).
INSIDE THE BLACK BOX: THE CONTRASTING EFFECTS OF TMT LONG-TERM INCENTIVES ON INTEREST ALIGNMENT. Academy of Management Proceedings.
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Devers, C. E., Dewett, T., & Belsito, C. A.
(2005).
FALLING OUT OF FAVOR: ILLEGITIMACY, SOCIAL CONTROL, AND THE PROCESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL STIGMATIZATION. Academy of Management Proceedings.
d1-d5.
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Seo, J., Gamache, D., & Devers, C. E.
(2014).
CEO Relative Pay Standing and Acquisition Activity. Academy of Management Proceedings.
14169-14169.
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institutional repository document
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Carpenter, M. A., & Devers, C. E.
(2008).
Strategy and Strategy Execution at the University of Wisconsin: The Wisconsin School of Business Initiative
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Carpenter, M. A., & Devers, C. E.
(2008).
Strategy and Strategy Execution at the University of Wisconsin: The Wisconsin School of Business Initiative
Teaching
teaching activities
- MGMT618 Corp Strat & Pol Envir Instructor
- MGMT685 Directed Studies Instructor
- MGMT689 Sptp: Phd Leadership Seminar Instructor
- MGMT691 Research Instructor
Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Strategic Management, minor in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Michigan State University - (East Lansing, Michigan, United States)
awards and honors
- Business Policy and Strategy Division/Distinguished Paper Award, conferred by Academy of Management - (Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States), 2017
- Business Policy and Strategy Division/Distinguished Paper Award, conferred by Academy of Management - (Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States), 2014
- Outstanding Reviewer Award, conferred by Academy of Management - (Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States), 2010
Contact
first name
- Cynthia
has last name
- Devers
mailing address
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Texas A&M University
Management
4221 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-4221
USA
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- cdevers@tamu.edu