Scott C. Jackson (Accounting) and co-authors Blake Steenhoven (Queen's University) and Kristina Rennekamp (Cornell University) recently published their paper, "CEO gender and responses to shareholder activism," in Contemporary Accounting Research, a premier accounting research journal. The study investigates how a CEO’s cooperative or uncooperative response to shareholder activism influences investor reactions and whether these reactions differ depending on the gender of the CEO. The results suggest that investors rely on gender-based stereotypes when evaluating executive responses to shareholder activism. You can explore the full article .
