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Overview

Michael Useem is affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including accounting, gender studies, sociology and political science, management of technology and innovation, and economics and econometrics.

The main topics addressed in their work include:

  • Gender Diversity and Inequality
  • Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism
  • Entrepreneurship Studies and Influences
  • Auditing, Earnings Management, Governance
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Michael Useem are:

  • "Social Class in Organizations: Entrance, Promotion, and Organizational and Societal Consequences of the Corporate Elite" (2021), Journal of Management Inquiry
  • "Social Class in Organizations: Organizational and Societal Consequences of the Managerial Elite" (2020), Academy of Management Proceedings
  • "Index" (2020), Stanford University Press eBooks
  • "Punished for Doing Good: Heuristic-Based Judgement and the Contingent Returns to Company Philanthropy Under High Uncertainty" (2021), SSRN Electronic Journal
  • "The Rise of Stakeholder Governance and Diversity, and Consequences on Executive and Board Careers" (2022), Academy of Management Proceedings

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Erwann Michel-Kerjan
  • Howard Kunreuther
  • Michelle K. Lee
  • Jennifer J. Kish-Gephart

Michael Useem's work has been published repeatedly in venues such as the Academy of Management Proceedings, which features four of their papers, as well as the Journal of Management Inquiry, Stanford University Press eBooks, and SSRN Electronic Journal.

In terms of book publications, their contributions are associated with several publishers. Notably, University of Pennsylvania Press has released three of their books, including Resolute Japan (2024), The Strategic Leader's Roadmap, Revised and Updated Edition (2021), and The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition (2021). Additionally, Stanford University Press eBooks published Leadership Dispatches (2020). Emerald Publishing Limited issued The Study and Practice of Global Leadership (2022), and Wharton School Press eBooks also published The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition (2021).

Best Publications

  • Change at Work

    Peter Cappelli;Laurie Bassi;Harry Katz;David Knoke

  • The Inner Circle: Large Corporations and the Rise of Business Political Activity in the U.S. and U.K.

    Michael Useem

  • Investor Capitalism : How Money Managers Are Changing the Face of Corporate America

    Michael Useem

  • Pathways to Top Corporate Management

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  • The impact of corporate outsourcing on company value

    David J Bryce;Michael Useem

  • Executive Defense: Shareholder Power and Corporate Reorganization

    Michael Useem

  • THE SOCIAL ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN BUSINESS ELITE AND PARTICIPATION OF CORPORATION DIRECTORS IN THE GOVERNANCE OF AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS

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  • The Alliance Revolution: The New Shape of Business Rivalry@@@Investor Capitalism: How Money Managers are Changing the Face of Corporate America

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  • Classwide Rationality in the Politics of Managers and Directors of Large Corporations in the United States and Great Britain

    Michael Useem

  • When Does Restructuring Improve Economic Performance

    Edward H. Bowman;Harbir Singh;Michael Useem;Raja Bhadury

  • Masters of Disasters? An Empirical Analysis of How Societies Benefit from Corporate Disaster Aid

    Luis Ballesteros;Michael Useem;Tyler Wry

  • Executive Defense: Shareholder Power and Corporate Reorganization.

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  • The India Way: Lessons for the U.S.

    Peter Cappelli;Harbir Singh;Jitendra Vir Singh;Michael Useem

  • Corporations and the Corporate Elite

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  • Corporate Leadership in a Globalizing Equity Market

    Michael Useem

  • Top Management, Company Directors and Corporate Control

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  • Corporate Governance and the 2008–09 Financial Crisis

    Martin Conyon;William Q. Judge;Michael Useem

  • The India Way: How India's Top Business Leaders Are Revolutionizing Management

    Peter Cappelli;Harbir Singh;Jitendra Vir Singh;Michael Useem

  • Side Effects of Corporate Cultural Transformations

    Thomas N. Gilmore;Gregory P. Shea;Michael Useem

  • Developing Leaders for Decision Making Under Stress: Wildland Firefighters in the South Canyon Fire and Its Aftermath

    Michael Useem;James R. Cook;Larry Sutton

  • US institutional investors look at corporate governance in the 1990s

    Michael Useem;Edward H. Bowman;Jennifer Myatt;Craig W. Irvine

  • Ethics and Profits: The Crisis of Confidence in American Business

    Leonard Solomon Silk;David Vogel

  • Holders of the Purse Strings: Governance and Performance of Public Retirement Systems*

    Michael Useem;Olivia S. Mitchell

  • Oversight and Delegation in Corporate Governance: deciding what the board should decide

    Michael Useem;Andy Zelleke

  • The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All

    Michael Useem

  • Change at Work

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  • Executive Defense: Shareholder Power and Corporate Reorganization.

    Linda Brewster Stearns;Michael Useem

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul Dimaggio
Paul Dimaggio New York University
Peter Cappelli
Peter Cappelli University of Pennsylvania
Harbir Singh
Harbir Singh University of Pennsylvania
Olivia S. Mitchell
Olivia S. Mitchell University of Pennsylvania
Mark S. Mizruchi
Mark S. Mizruchi University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Howard Kunreuther
Howard Kunreuther University of Pennsylvania
Martin J. Conyon
Martin J. Conyon Bentley University
Laszlo Tihanyi
Laszlo Tihanyi Rice University

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