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Give me uncertainty, and I will shine: CEO narcissism and corporate performance Open

Tom Aabo, Theodor Roe Kirch, Katrine Høj Stadil Thomsen · 2024

Explaining differences in CEO gender diversity across industries: Do personality traits matter? Open

Tom Aabo, Malene Hansen, Sara Husted Krog, Katrine Kynde · 2024

Women are severely underrepresented in the upper echelons. We show that female CEOs score higher (lower) than their male peers on personality traits that correlate positively (negatively) with leadership. Thus, it seems that female CEOs mu…

Female CEOs with a squeeze of narcissism: A perfect cocktail for corporate performance? Open

Tom Aabo, Sara Korsdal Rønnow · 2024

Narcissism is prevalent in the upper echelons, and CEO narcissism has been shown to affect corporate outcomes (although not corporate performance in a significant and robust way). We argue that narcissism may be performance enhancing in th…

Us Mncs’ Political Capital and the Value Implications of Internalizing Intangible Assets Open

Jung Chul Park, Christos Pantzalis, Tom Aabo · 2024

Female CEOs with a Squeeze of Narcissism: A Perfect Cocktail for Corporate Performance? Open

Tom Aabo, Sara Korsdal Rønnow · 2024

Explaining differences in CEO gender diversity across industries: Do personality traits matter? Open

Tom Aabo, Malene Hansen, Sara Husted Krog, Katrine Kynde · 2024

CEO personality traits, strategic flexibility, and firm dynamics Open

Tom Aabo, Christos Pantzalis, Jung Chul Park, Lenos Trigeorgis, Jesper Wulff · 2023

Reexamining CEO personality traits from a real options theory perspective, we suggest that the firm's strategic flexibility can be worsened by CEO conscientiousness and neuroticism. We use a measure of strategic flexibility as the firm's a…

Love thy neighbor: CEO extraversion and corporate acquisitions Open

Tom Aabo, Jakob Berggreen Hansen, Sebastian Malling Petersen · 2023

We investigate the relationship between CEO extraversion and the geographical dispersion of acquisitions within the U.S. The dispersion decision is important and has implications for employment, investments, and valuation. We show that ext…

The Importance of Corporate Foreign Debt in Managing Exchange Rate Exposure in Non-Financial Companies Open

Tom Aabo · 2023

Do female CEOs matter for ESG scores? Open

Tom Aabo, Iasmina Cristina Giorici · 2022

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues are important for consumers, investors, and other stakeholders. The same applies for gender diversity. We show that whether female CEOs seem to matter for the firm's ESG profile depends cr…

CEO Personality Traits and Firm Dynamics Open

Tom Aabo, Christos Pantzalis, Jung Chul Park, Lenos Trigeorgis, Jesper Wulff · 2022

Do Female CEOs Matter for ESG Scores? Open

Tom Aabo, Iasmina Cristina Giorici · 2022

Pay me with fame, not mammon: CEO narcissism, compensation, and media coverage Open

Tom Aabo, Mikkel Lilholt Jacobsen, Kasper Stendys · 2021

Pay me with fame, not mammon: CEO narcissism, compensation, and media coverage Open

Tom Aabo, Mikkel Lilholt Jacobsen, Kasper Stendys · 2021

Watch me go big: CEO narcissism and corporate acquisitions Open

Tom Aabo, Mikkel Als, Lars Thomsen, Jesper Wulff · 2020

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of CEO narcissism in corporate acquisitions with a focus on frequency and size and furthermore to examine the subsequent stock market reaction. Design/methodology/approach The au…

Watch Me Go Big: CEO Narcissism and Corporate Acquisitions Open

Tom Aabo, Mikkel Als, Lars Thomsen, Jesper Wulff · 2020

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of CEO narcissism in corporate acquisitions with a focus on frequency and size and furthermore to examine the subsequent stock market reaction. Design/methodology/design – T…

Corporate Risk: CEO Overconfidence and Incentive Compensation Open

Tom Aabo, Nicholai Theodor Hvistendahl, Jacob Kring · 2020

Do Narcissistic CEOs Rock the Boat? Open

Tom Aabo · 2019

Corporate risk and the humpback of CEO narcissism Open

Tom Aabo, Nicklas Bang Eriksen · 2018

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the association between CEO narcissism and corporate risk taking. Design/methodology/approach The authors provide a novel and unobtrusive measure of CEO narcissism based on LinkedIn profi…

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