James D. Westphal

Business, Management and Accounting · University of Michigan

Established · publishing since 1979

Corporate Finance and Governance Management and Organizational Studies Gender Diversity and Inequality Corporate Social Responsibility Reporting Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies

Publications

132

Citations

19,904

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

Publishing since 1979

In context

Among 233 established Business, Management and Accounting PIs within our index

Citations: 19,904cohort median 2,799

Publications / year (recent): 1.8cohort median 1.8

Typically publishes in teams of ~2 · 75% small-team papers (≤3 authors) · across 12 venues

Publication cadence

Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.8/year recently

Collaborators per year

Distinct co-authors at University of Michigan each year — a rough indication of whether the group around this researcher has been growing or contracting. An estimate from co-authorship, not a roster: collaborators are not necessarily lab members, and recent years can be under-counted while indexing catches up.

Recent publications

Imagined Music As Self-Regulation In Cross-Race Interactions Between Top Managers And Directors
Academy of Management Proceedings · 2026
Firms’ Strategic Engagement with Media: The Second Annual Symposium
Academy of Management Proceedings · 2026
Dependence Reimagined: Extending & Enriching Conceptualizations of Dependence in Boards Literature
Academy of Management Proceedings · 2025
Systemic Symbolic Management, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Corporate Purpose: A Cautionary Tale
Strategy Science · 2023
Shareholder Politics: The Influence of Investors’ Political Affiliations on Corporate Social Responsibility
Journal of Management · 2023
How Top Management Team State Orientation Influences SOEs’ Corporate Social Performance
Academy of Management Proceedings · 2023
Birds of a feather flock (even more) together: An intergroup relations perspective on how # <scp>MeToo</scp> ‐related media coverage affects the evaluation of prospective corporate directors
Strategic Management Journal · 2022
DEI at the Top? A Corporate Governance View on the Composition and Characteristics of Firm Leaders
Academy of Management Proceedings · 2022
From Help to Harm: Increases in Status, Perceived Under-Reciprocation, and the Consequences for Access to Strategic Help and Social Undermining Among Female, Racial Minority, and White Male Top Managers
Organization Science · 2021
Seeking input when the train has left the station: The decoupling of participative strategic decision-making processes and the role of new technology in symbolic management
Strategic Organization · 2021
Boards of Directors and Strategic Management in Public Firms and New Ventures
Strategic Management · 2021
Current State and Future of Strategic Leadership and Governance Theory and Practice
Academy of Management Proceedings · 2021
Making Sense of a Seemingly Random Walk
2021
Introduction to the Symbolic Management Perspective
2020
Conclusions, Future Research Directions, and Policy Implications
2020

Publishes in

Academy of Management Proceedings×10
Strategic Management Journal×3
Academy of Management Journal×1
Administrative Science Quarterly×1
Strategy Science×1

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Last updated Jul 25, 2026.

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