Alan E. Ellstrand
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Also affiliated: California State University System (1996); Development Initiatives (2020); California State University, Long Beach (1970–2009)
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Alan E. Ellstrand's research program investigates the social relationships and processes that influence the behavior of corporate elite members. His work has examined the performance of founders and professional CEOs across different institutions, utilizing meta-analytic approaches. Ellstrand has also explored the dynamics between principals and agents, focusing on affect-based views and the consequences of selecting qualified lead independent directors.
His research further delves into network structures and their impact on corporate decision-making. This includes studies on relationship formation and change within ego networks, employing a regulatory focus framework. Additionally, Ellstrand has investigated peer benchmarking and its influence on CEO compensation, analyzing the community structure of compensation peer networks. He has also conducted meta-analyses on the relationship between board characteristics and firm performance, and explored the strategic use of alliances for enhancing firm legitimacy.
Ellstrand is recognized as a highly cited researcher with an h-index of 22 and over 8,400 citations across his 58 publications. He leads a research group and collaborates with other faculty members at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, including Jon Johnson, Jason W. Ridge, and Michael Cummings.
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- h-index: 22
- Publications: 58
- Citations: 8,656
Selected Publications
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A Process Model of Board Characteristics and Firm Financial Performance: A Meta‐Analytic Structural Equation Modeling Approach (2026)
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New sheriff in town: A quad model approach to examining the consequences of selecting a qualified lead independent directors (2025)
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Toward An Affect Based View of Principal–Agent Dynamics (2022)
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Relationship Formation and Change in Ego Networks: A Regulatory Focus Framework (2022)
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Peer benchmarking and CEO compensation: An examination of the community structure of the compensation peer network (2022)
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Research on social relationships and processes governing the behaviors of members of the corporate elite: a review and bibliometric analysis (2021)
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Founder and professional <scp>CEOs</scp>' performance differences across institutions: A <scp>meta‐analytic</scp> study (2021)
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Expanding and Evolving an Innovation Concentration (2020)
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Navigating the New Normal: Political Affinity and Multinationals’ Post‐Acquisition Performance (2019)
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Extending the Situational Crisis Communication Theory: The Impact of Linguistic Style and Culture (2019)
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The Final Countdown: Regulatory Focus and the Phases of CEO Retirement (2018)
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Exploring the Impact of Institutional Investor and Board Interlock Networks on Acquisition Premium (2017)
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Exploring the Relationship Between Peer Network Structure and CEO Compensation (2017)
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On Academic Rankings, Unacceptable Methods, and the Social Obligations of Business Schools (2017)
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Riding off into the Sunset: Organizational Sensegiving, Shareholder Sensemaking, and Reactions to CEO Retirement (2017)
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- Toward An Affect Based View of Principal–Agent Dynamics
- Research on social relationships and processes governing the behaviors of members of the corporate elite: a review and bibliometric analysis
- Peer benchmarking and CEO compensation: An examination of the community structure of the compensation peer network
- Relationship Formation and Change in Ego Networks: A Regulatory Focus Framework
- Research on social relationships and processes governing the behaviors of members of the corporate elite: a review and bibliometric analysis
- Peer benchmarking and CEO compensation: An examination of the community structure of the compensation peer network
- Relationship Formation and Change in Ego Networks: A Regulatory Focus Framework
- Founder and professional <scp>CEOs</scp>' performance differences across institutions: A <scp>meta‐analytic</scp> study
- New sheriff in town: A quad model approach to examining the consequences of selecting a qualified lead independent directors
- Research on social relationships and processes governing the behaviors of members of the corporate elite: a review and bibliometric analysis
- Peer benchmarking and CEO compensation: An examination of the community structure of the compensation peer network
- Toward An Affect Based View of Principal–Agent Dynamics
- New sheriff in town: A quad model approach to examining the consequences of selecting a qualified lead independent directors
- Founder and professional <scp>CEOs</scp>' performance differences across institutions: A <scp>meta‐analytic</scp> study
- Founder and professional <scp>CEOs</scp>' performance differences across institutions: A <scp>meta‐analytic</scp> study
- Toward An Affect Based View of Principal–Agent Dynamics
- New sheriff in town: A quad model approach to examining the consequences of selecting a qualified lead independent directors
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