CEO dark personality: A critical review, bibliometric analysis, and research agenda

CJ Borgholthaus, JV White, PD Harms - Personality and Individual …, 2023 - Elsevier
Research in the area of chief executive officer (CEO) dark personality has significantly
increased over the last two decades. This study provides a comprehensive summary of the …

A theoretical framework of external accounting communication: Research perspectives, traditions, and theories

DM Merkl-Davies, NM Brennan - Accounting, Auditing & …, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide a theoretical framework of external
accounting communication in the form of a typology based on perspectives, traditions, and …

The quality of sustainability reports and impression management: A stakeholder perspective

D Diouf, O Boiral - Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 2017 - emerald.com
The quality of sustainability reports and impression management: A stakeholder perspective |
Emerald Insight Books and journals Case studies Expert Briefings Open Access Publish with …

Big data, big decisions: The impact of big data on board level decision-making

A Merendino, S Dibb, M Meadows, L Quinn… - Journal of Business …, 2018 - Elsevier
Big Data (BD) has the potential to 'disrupt'the senior management of organisations,
prompting directors to make decisions more rapidly and to shape their capabilities to …

Accounting narratives and the narrative turn in accounting research: Issues, theory, methodology, methods and a research framework

V Beattie - The British Accounting Review, 2014 - Elsevier
This plenary address paper traces the development of accounting narratives in external
reporting practice and research, focussing on corporate-sourced financial communications …

A conceptual framework of impression management: new insights from psychology, sociology and critical perspectives

DM Merkl-Davies, NM Brennan - Accounting and business …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
In this paper we develop a conceptual framework, based on the concepts of rationality and
motivation, which uses theories and empirical research from psychology/behavioural …

The deliberate engagement of narcissistic CEOs in earnings management

F Buchholz, K Lopatta, K Maas - Journal of Business Ethics, 2020 - Springer
Corroborating upper echelons theory, this study picks up the notion that narcissistic chief
executive officers (CEOs) take advantage of accounting choices to enhance their firms'—and …

Managing impressions rather than emissions: Volkswagen and the false mastery of paradox

M Gaim, S Clegg, MP Cunha - Organization Studies, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The challenge of dealing with paradoxes has become a central issue in management and
organization studies. Present research literature is largely inclined to idealize paradoxical …

Using discourse to restore organisational legitimacy:'CEO-speak'after an incident in a German nuclear power plant

A Beelitz, DM Merkl-Davies - Journal of Business Ethics, 2012 - Springer
We analyse managerial discourse in corporate communication ('CEO-speak') during a 6-
month period following a legitimacy-threatening event in the form of an incident in a German …

CEO psychological biases, firm performance and alternative mechanisms in transition economies: Evidence from Malaysia

SU Rehman, R Alami, N Abidi - Cogent Business & Management, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the impact of CEO psychological biases (narcissistic and hubristic) in
CEOs on a firm's performance measured by long-term investor value appropriation (LIVA) in …