Jason W. Ridge Source Confirmed

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Professor / Department Chairperson of SEVI

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

faculty

11 h-index 29 pubs 1,528 cited

Research Areas

Corporate Political Activity Corporate Social Responsibility Strategic Risk Management Organizational Behavior Corporate Governance Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics Gender Diversity and Inequality

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Jason W. Ridge's research investigates the intersection of business strategy, corporate governance, and political activity. His work explores how firms navigate nonmarket environments, examining topics such as corporate social responsibility, strategic risk management, and the influence of leadership characteristics on corporate decisions. Ridge has published on how managerial discretion impacts gender diversity in women-led firms and how CEO ideological divergence shapes lobbying strategies. He also studies market perceptions surrounding political self-dealing disclosures by politicians. Collaborating with colleagues at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Ridge has co-authored multiple publications. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 11, with 29 total publications and over 1,500 citations.

Metrics

h-index: 11
Publications: 29
Citations: 1,528

Selected Publications

New sheriff in town: A quad model approach to examining the consequences of selecting a qualified lead independent directors (2025) DOI
Transparent politics: Political ideology, lobbying and firm performance (2025) DOI
Putting the Politics Into Corporate Political Activity: A Variance Decomposition Analysis of Firm–Government Interactions Across Political Contexts (2024) DOI
An investigation of corporate social responsibility conformity: The roles of network prominence and supply chain partners (2024) DOI
Peer Response to Regulatory Enforcement: Lobbying by Non-Sanctioned Firms (2024) DOI
Avoidance and Aggression in Stakeholder Engagement: The Impact of CEO Paranoia and Paranoia-Relevant Cues (2024) DOI
Perceptions of political <scp>Self‐Dealing</scp> ? An empirical investigation of market returns surrounding the disclosure of politician stock purchases (2022) DOI
Swayed by prior interactions? How government contracting acts as a substitute for lobbying activity (2022) DOI
Maintaining or Altering the Status Quo in the Nonmarket Arena: Theory and Evidence from Government Contract Disputes (2022) DOI
When Not One of the Crowd: The Effects of CEO Ideological Divergence on Lobbying Strategy (2022) DOI
What’s It Like Inside the Hive? Managerial Discretion Drives TMT Gender Diversity of Women-Led Firms (2021) DOI
Strategic Risk and Lobbying: Investigating Lobbying Breadth as Risk Management (2021) DOI