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Last published 2026
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Jason W. Ridge

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Professor / Department Chairperson of SEVI

Also affiliated: Oklahoma State University (2007–2010); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2022); Kansas State University (2017); Clemson University (2012–2014)

20 h-index 41 pubs 2,523 cited

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Biography and Research Information

OverviewAI-generated summary

Jason W. Ridge's research investigates organizational behavior and strategy, with a focus on how various factors influence firm outcomes. His work has explored the motivations behind corporate social responsibility, the impact of CEO characteristics like narcissism and regulatory focus on organizational performance, and the implications of key employee mobility. Ridge has also examined the role of managerial myopia in shaping firm strategy and the effects of firm external dependence, such as government contract dependence, on investments and market performance.

His research agenda also includes an examination of corrective actions organizations pursue following misconduct. Ridge has published 30 papers, accumulating over 1,700 citations and an h-index of 11. He has collaborated with several researchers at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Scott Kuban and Dan L. Worrell.

Metrics

  • h-index: 20
  • Publications: 41
  • Citations: 2,523

Positions

  • Professor / Department Chairperson of SEVI 2020–present
    University of Arkansas Department of Management ORCID
  • Professor 2015–2021
    University of Arkansas Management ORCID

Selected Publications

  • Shining a Light on Dark Money in Corporate Politics: Unveiling CEO Ideology’s Influence on Corporate Political Transparency (2026)
    Journal of Management DOI OpenAlex
  • Sex, drugs, and . . . financial restatements? Investigating differences in firms’ CEO dismissal and succession actions post-misconduct (2025)
    Strategic Organization 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • New sheriff in town: A quad model approach to examining the consequences of selecting a qualified lead independent directors (2025)
    Strategic Management Journal 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Transparent politics: Political ideology, lobbying and firm performance (2025)
    Strategic Organization 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Putting the Politics Into Corporate Political Activity: A Variance Decomposition Analysis of Firm–Government Interactions Across Political Contexts (2024)
    Journal of Management 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • RETRACTED: An investigation of corporate social responsibility conformity: The roles of network prominence and supply chain partners (2024)
    Journal of Operations Management 45 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Peer Response to Regulatory Enforcement: Lobbying by Non-Sanctioned Firms (2024)
    Journal of Management 5 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Avoidance and Aggression in Stakeholder Engagement: The Impact of CEO Paranoia and Paranoia-Relevant Cues (2024)
    Academy of Management Journal 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Perceptions of political Self‐Dealing ? An empirical investigation of market returns surrounding the disclosure of politician stock purchases (2022)
    Strategic Management Journal 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Swayed by prior interactions? How government contracting acts as a substitute for lobbying activity (2022)
    Strategic Organization 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Maintaining or Altering the Status Quo in the Nonmarket Arena: Theory and Evidence from Government Contract Disputes (2022)
    Organization Science 9 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • When Not One of the Crowd: The Effects of CEO Ideological Divergence on Lobbying Strategy (2022)
    Journal of Management 28 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • What’s It Like Inside the Hive? Managerial Discretion Drives TMT Gender Diversity of Women-Led Firms (2021)
    Journal of Management 74 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Strategic Risk and Lobbying: Investigating Lobbying Breadth as Risk Management (2021)
    Journal of Management 34 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Looking for respect? How prior TMT social comparisons affect executives' new TMT engagements (2020)
    Strategic Management Journal 24 citations DOI OpenAlex

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