Wei Shen

Wei Shen

Chair & Professor, W. P. Carey Management and Entrepreneurship
  • weishen@asu.edu
  • 480-965-1422
  • Fax: 4809658314
  • BA 318 PO Box 874006 Tempe, AZ 85287-4006
  • Mail code: 4006
    Campus: Tempe
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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
CV
Curriculum Vitae
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 Fall
Course Number Course Title
MGT 792 Research
DBA 705 Global Corporate Strategy
DBA 708 Corporate FIN and Governance
2023 Summer
Course Number Course Title
MGT 792 Research
MGT 792 Research
2023 Spring
Course Number Course Title
MGT 799 Dissertation
MGT 792 Research
WPC 480 Capstone Course
2022 Fall
Course Number Course Title
MGT 792 Research
DBA 705 Global Corporate Strategy
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 799 Dissertation
MGT 792 Research
2021 Summer
Course Number Course Title
ACC 595 Continuing Registration
MGT 792 Research
MGT 792 Research
2021 Spring
Course Number Course Title
MGT 799 Dissertation
MGT 792 Research
MGT 589 Strategic Management
2020 Fall
Course Number Course Title
MGT 799 Dissertation
MGT 792 Research
2020 Summer
Course Number Course Title
ACC 595 Continuing Registration
MGT 792 Research
MGT 792 Research
2020 Spring
Course Number Course Title
MGT 799 Dissertation
MGT 792 Research
DBA 705 Global Corporate Strategy
2019 Fall
Course Number Course Title
MGT 799 Dissertation
FIN 591 Seminar
ACC 595 Continuing Registration
MGT 792 Research
ECN 591 Seminar
ECN 591 Seminar
ACC 591 Seminar
WPC 580 Practicum
WPC 598 Special Topics
2019 Summer
Course Number Course Title
ACC 595 Continuing Registration
MGT 792 Research
MKT 560 Customer Relationship Mgmt
MGT 591 Seminar
WPC 598 Special Topics
MGT 792 Research
FIN 591 Seminar
REA 591 Seminar
2019 Spring
Course Number Course Title
MGT 799 Dissertation
ACC 595 Continuing Registration
MGT 792 Research
DBA 701 MacroECN Policy in Global Envi
DBA 799 Dissertation
WPC 580 Practicum
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
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
DBA 723 Seminar:Research in Action III
DBA 799 Dissertation
ECN 591 Seminar
ECN 591 Seminar
DBA 708 Corporate FIN and Governance
DBA 715 Current Trends Europe Module
WPC 580 Practicum
SCM 591 Seminar
DBA 791 Seminar
MGT 589 Strategic Management
Expertise Areas
Boards of Directors
CEOs
Corporate Governance
Executive Succession
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