2026 Aspirations & reference points

How Boards Use Competitor CEO Awards to Interpret Firm Performance in CEO Dismissal Decisions

Jingyu Li, Steven Boivie, Yi Yang

Journal of Management

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New product introductions below aspirations, slack and R&D alliances: A behavioral perspective Beverly B. Tyler, Turanay Caner · 2015
Organizational Learning from Performance Feedback Henrich R. Greve · 2003

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Looking back to move forward: social benchmarks and historical performance in CEO turnover Julio A. Pertuzé, Gonzalo Valdés, Tomás Reyes · 2026

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Toward a Behavioral Theory of Boards and Corporate Governance Hans van Ees, Jonas Gabrielsson, Morten Huse · 2009

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Institutional History, Negative Performance Feedback, and R&D Search: A Nexus of the Imprinting and Behavioral Perspectives Lakshmi Goyal · 2025

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Performance Shortfall, Feedback Interpretation and R&D Search: The Differential Effects of Peers’ Performance Below Historical and Social Aspirations Lakshmi Goyal, Vikas Goyal · 2022

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Problem-Solving or Self-Enhancement? A Power Perspective on How CEOs Affect R&D Search in the Face of Inconsistent Feedback Radina R. Blagoeva et al. · 2019

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Organization Theory Royston Greenwood, Bob Hinings, John Amis · 2013

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Who shall get more? How intangible assets and aspiration levels affect the valuation of resource providers Gökhan Ertug, Fabrizio Castellucci · 2014

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Getting What You Need: How Reputation and Status Affect Team Performance, Hiring, and Salaries in the NBA Gökhan Ertug, Fabrizio Castellucci · 2012

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Dominant Coalitions Directing Acquisitions: Different Decision Makers, Different Decisions Cyndi Man Zhang, Henrich R. Greve · 2018

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Just Diverse Among Themselves: How Does Negative Performance Feedback Affect Boards' Expertise vs. Ascriptive Diversity? HeeJung Jung, Yonghoon G. Lee, Sun Hyun Park · 2023

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The Behavioral Theory of the (Governed) Firm: Corporate Board Influences on Organizations’ Responses to Performance Shortfalls Vinit M. Desai · 2015

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The silence of the slacked: The negative side effect of slack on problemistic search Sergii Nevmerzhytskyi, W. Glenn Rowe · 2025

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Behavioral Theory of the Firm Henrich R. Greve · 2013

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Short- and Long-Term Performance Feedback and Absorptive Capacity Chanan Ben-Oz, Henrich R. Greve · 2012

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Different Aspirations, Different Directions: A Behavioural Perspective on Negative Performance Discrepancy and Problemistic Search William C. Zhou · 2026

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Corporate Structure and Performance Feedback: Aspirations and Adaptation in M-Form Firms Vibha Gaba, John Joseph · 2012

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Is LGBT inclusion motivated by organizational performance? Exploring the relationships between performance feedback and LGBT inclusion in firms Serhan Kotiloglu, Aaron T. McDonald · 2023

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Managerial Risk, Innovation, and Organizational Decline Scott Latham, Michael Braun · 2008

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The Role of Attribution in Learning from Performance Feedback: Behavioral Perspective on the Choice between Alliances and Acquisitions Jaemin Lee, Joon Mahn Lee, Ji‐Yub Kim · 2021

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The role of top management teams in firm responses to performance shortfalls Kalin D. Kolev, Gerry McNamara · 2022

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