Wei Shen

Chair & Professor, W. P. Carey Management and Entrepreneurship

BA 318 PO Box 874006 Tempe, AZ 85287-4006
Mail code: 4006

Campus: Tempe
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Long Bio

Wei Shen is a professor of strategic management and a noted researcher on topics including strategic leadership, corporate governance, organizational search, and research methodology. His research has appeared in the top-tier journals of his field, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Administrative Science Quarterly, and Strategic Management Journal.

He has served on the editorial boards of several premier journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Journal of Management and Governance, Management and Organization Review, and Strategic Management Journal.

Education

Ph.D. in Business Administration, Texas A&M University
B.S. in Psychology, Peking University

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Google Scholar URL

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=216u0Q4AAAAJ&hl=en

Research Interests

Strategic Leadership
Corporate Governance
Organizational Search
Research Methodology

Publications

Wang, D., Zhu, Q., Avolio, B. J., Shen, W., & Waldman, D. A. 2022. Do employees’ views matter in corporate governance? The relationship between employee approval and CEO dismissal. Strategic Management Journal, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3465
Shen, W., Ponomareva, Y., & Uman, T. 2022. Can you catch two birds with one stone in CEO-board relationship? The impacts of nominating committee composition on board monitoring and resource provision. Long Range Planning, 55(3). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lrp.2021.102127
Xie, X., Shen, W., & Zajac, E. 2021. When is a governmental mandate not a mandate? Predicting organizational compliance under semi-coercive conditions. Journal of Management, 47(8): 2169-2197. https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206320948579
Jiang, H., Xia, J., Devers, C. & 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. https://doi.org/10.5465/amj.2018.0452
Zhu, Q., Hu, S., & Shen, W. 2020. Why do some insider CEOs make more strategic changes than others? The impact of prior board experience on new CEO insiderness. Strategic Management Journal, 41(10): 1933-1951. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3183
Åberg, C., & Shen, W. 2020. Can board leadership contribute to board dynamic managerial capabilities: An empirical exploration among Norwegian firms. Journal of Management and Governance, 24(1): 169-197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-019-09460-6
Knippen, J., Shen, W., & Zhu, Q. 2019. Limited progress? The effect of external pressure for board gender diversity on the increase of female directors. Strategic Management Journal, 40(7): 1123-1150. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3014
Ponomareva, Y., Shen, W., & Umans, T. 2019. Organizational discretion, board control, and shareholder wealth: A contingency perspective. Corporate Governance: An International Review, 27(4): 248-260. https://doi.org/10.1111/corg.12274
Chen, X-P. & Shen, W. 2018. Empirical Methods in Organization and Management Research (3rd Edition). Beijing, China: Peking University Press.
Zhu, D. H., & Shen, W. 2016. Why do some outside successions fare better than others? The role of outside CEOs’ prior experience with board diversity. Strategic Management Journal, 37: 2695-2708. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.2471
Shapiro, D. L., Hom, P. W., Shen, W., & Agarwal, R. 2016. How do leader-departures affect subordinates’ organizational attachment? A 360-degree relational perspective. Academy of Management Review, 41(3): 479-502. https://doi.org/10.5465/amr.2014.0233
Shen, W., Zhou, Q., & Lau, C. M. 2016. Empirical research on corporate governance in China: A review and new directions for the future. Management and Organization Review, 12(1): 41-73. https://doi.org/10.1017/mor.2015.11
Zhu, D. H., Shen, W., & Hillman, A. 2014. Recategorization: New directors who are demographically different from incumbents and their subsequent positions on boards. Administrative Science Quarterly, 53(2): 240-270. https://doi.org/10.1177/0001839214530951

Courses

2023 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 591	Seminar
WPC 480	Capstone Course
MGT 792	Research
MGT 799	Dissertation

2022 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
DBA 705	Global Corporate Strategy
MGT 792	Research

2022 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 792	Research
MGT 792	Research

2022 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 799	Dissertation
MGT 792	Research

2021 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 792	Research
MGT 799	Dissertation

2021 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 792	Research
MGT 792	Research
ACC 595	Continuing Registration

2021 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 799	Dissertation
MGT 589	Strategic Management
MGT 792	Research

2020 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 799	Dissertation
MGT 792	Research

2020 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 792	Research
MGT 792	Research
ACC 595	Continuing Registration

2020 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
DBA 705	Global Corporate Strategy
MGT 792	Research
MGT 799	Dissertation

2019 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 792	Research
MGT 799	Dissertation
FIN 591	Seminar
ACC 595	Continuing Registration
ECN 591	Seminar
ECN 591	Seminar
ACC 591	Seminar
WPC 580	Practicum
WPC 598	Special Topics

2019 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
MKT 560	Customer Relationship Mgmt
REA 591	Seminar
FIN 591	Seminar
MGT 792	Research
WPC 598	Special Topics
MGT 591	Seminar
MGT 792	Research
ACC 595	Continuing Registration

2019 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
WPC 580	Practicum
MGT 799	Dissertation
ACC 595	Continuing Registration
DBA 701	MacroECN Policy in Global Envi
DBA 799	Dissertation
MGT 792	Research
MKT 525	Excel in Services
DBA 791	Seminar
DBA 702	Glob FIN Sys Mkt & Institution
WPC 598	Special Topics
DBA 791	Seminar
DBA 723	Seminar:Research in Action III

2018 Fall

Course Number	Course Title
DBA 723	Seminar:Research in Action III
MGT 799	Dissertation
FIN 591	Seminar
ACC 595	Continuing Registration
MGT 588	Strategic Leadership
MGT 588	Strategic Leadership
MGT 792	Research
DBA 705	Global Corporate Strategy
ECN 591	Seminar
DBA 708	Corporate FIN and Governance
DBA 799	Dissertation
ECN 591	Seminar
DBA 715	Current Trends Europe Module
WPC 580	Practicum
SCM 591	Seminar
DBA 791	Seminar
MGT 589	Strategic Management

2018 Summer

Course Number	Course Title
MGT 792	Research
WPC 598	Special Topics
MGT 591	Seminar
MKT 560	Customer Relationship Mgmt
MGT 792	Research
ACC 595	Continuing Registration

2018 Spring

Course Number	Course Title
WPC 580	Practicum
MGT 792	Research
ACC 595	Continuing Registration
REA 591	Seminar
MKT 525	Excel in Services
MGT 799	Dissertation

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