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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: 8,566
Selected Publications
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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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- 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
- The Road to El Dorado – Strategic Alliances as a Tool for Enhancing Firm Legitimacy
- 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
- Opening The Black Box Between Board Characteristics And Firm Performance: A Meta-Analysis Study
- 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
- The Road to El Dorado – Strategic Alliances as a Tool for Enhancing Firm Legitimacy
- 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
- Opening The Black Box Between Board Characteristics And Firm Performance: A Meta-Analysis 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
- Founder and professional <scp>CEOs</scp>' performance differences across institutions: A <scp>meta‐analytic</scp> study
- The Road to El Dorado – Strategic Alliances as a Tool for Enhancing Firm Legitimacy
- Opening The Black Box Between Board Characteristics And Firm Performance: A Meta-Analysis Study
- Opening The Black Box Between Board Characteristics And Firm Performance: A Meta-Analysis 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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