Do you want to enhance the methodological rigor of your research and make sure you follow the most recent practices in "testing the mechanism behind your hypothesis"? Ilaria Orlandi and myself have put together an interactive and highly educational professional development workshop with five established experts on different empirical methods, willing to share their knowledge and personal experience with you: Profs. Vilmos Misangyi, Tessa Recendes, Joanna Campbell, Timothy Quigley, and Michael Withers. So, join us on Sunday 11:00 – 1:00 PM. The PDW will feature panelist presentations with a Q&A session followed by a round table discussion. No application is needed! Just your enthusiasm :)<u1:p></u1:p>
We look forward to seeing you there. <u1:p></u1:p>
PDW 710: Testing Causal Mechanisms of the Decision-Making Process in Corporate Governance (16604)<u1:p></u1:p>
When: Sunday, August 11th, 2024, 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM<u1:p></u1:p>
Where: Fairmont, Gold Room<u1:p></u1:p>
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Vilmos F. Misangyi (Pennsylvania State U.)<u1:p></u1:p>
Tessa Recendes (Pennsylvania State U.) <u1:p></u1:p>
Joanna Tochman Campbell (U. of Cincinnati)<u1:p></u1:p>
Timothy J. Quigley (U. of Georgia)<u1:p></u1:p>
Michael C. Withers (Texas A&M U.)<u1:p></u1:p>
Organizers: Ilaria Orlandi (Copenhagen Business School) and Radina Blagoeva (U. of Georgia)<u1:p></u1:p>
Details: In pursuit of strong theoretical contributions and theoretical advancements in the management field, scholars have emphasized the need for methodological rigor and the importance of robustly testing the claimed theoretical mechanisms. While experiments remain the "golden standard" of establishing causality and testing theorized mechanisms, they might not be feasible or easily implementable in many macro fields, including the field of corporate governance and strategic leadership, where access to corporate leaders to conduct experiments is limited. Scholars in corporate governance who rely heavily on archival data need different tools to overcome the challenges associated with rigorously testing their theories. The purpose of this PDW is to equip participants with some vanguard tools to enhance their methodological rigor in testing the theoretical mechanisms in corporate governance by engaging a group of expert panelists in a moderated and interactive discussion. During this PDW, six panelists will share their thoughts on (1) how to navigate matching the methodology with the mechanisms they theorize about, (2) which steps to follow when designing a study (having in mind the review process), and (3) what are the major opportunity and challenge of using a specific method in the corporate governance and strategic leadership field. The topics covered include the use of videometrics in corporate governance, publishing with novel archival data, dealing with endogeneity, the use of robustness tests and supplemental analysis to substantiate the testing of theoretical mechanisms, gathering and analyzing primary data in corporate governance, and the use of qualitative comparative analysis (QCA).
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Radina Blagoeva
University of Gerogia
Athens GA
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