Wei Shen
Chair & Professor, W. P. Carey Management and Entrepreneurship
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Fax: 4809658314
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BA 318 PO Box 874006 Tempe, AZ 85287-4006
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Mail code: 4006Campus: 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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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 |
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MGT 591 | Seminar |
WPC 480 | Capstone Course |
MGT 792 | Research |
MGT 799 | Dissertation |
2022 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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DBA 705 | Global Corporate Strategy |
MGT 792 | Research |
2022 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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MGT 792 | Research |
MGT 792 | Research |
2022 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MGT 799 | Dissertation |
MGT 792 | Research |
2021 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MGT 792 | Research |
MGT 799 | Dissertation |
2021 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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MGT 792 | Research |
MGT 792 | Research |
ACC 595 | Continuing Registration |
2021 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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MGT 799 | Dissertation |
MGT 589 | Strategic Management |
MGT 792 | Research |
2020 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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MGT 799 | Dissertation |
MGT 792 | Research |
2020 Summer
Course Number | Course Title |
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MGT 792 | Research |
MGT 792 | Research |
ACC 595 | Continuing Registration |
2020 Spring
Course Number | Course Title |
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DBA 705 | Global Corporate Strategy |
MGT 792 | Research |
MGT 799 | Dissertation |
2019 Fall
Course Number | Course Title |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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WPC 580 | Practicum |
MGT 792 | Research |
ACC 595 | Continuing Registration |
REA 591 | Seminar |
MKT 525 | Excel in Services |
MGT 799 | Dissertation |