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Daniel L. Gamache

  • Terry Dean's Advisory Council Distinguished Professor and Professor, Department of Management
C209 Benson Hall
dgamache@uga.edu
Curriculum Vitae

Biography

I study why different types of CEOs make different strategic decisions. My research sits at the intersection of strategic leadership and corporate governance, and it spans three interrelated streams that examine what shapes executives’ strategic choices. The first focuses on executives’ characteristics (e.g., psychological attributes such as power and cognition), the second on executive compensation, and the third on how social evaluations of the firm and its leaders (e.g., reputation, celebrity) influence executive behavior. Although I am interested in a range of strategic outcomes, my work most often examines two: acquisition activity and stakeholder strategy. Through both my research and teaching, I aim to advance knowledge and inform practice in ways that improve how firms are led and governed.

Education

  • PhD, Strategic Management, Michigan State University, 2015
  • MA, Leadership and Management, Briercrest College and Seminary, 2000
  • BA, Economics, Brandon University, 1996

Research Interests

  • Strategic Leadership
  • Executive Compensation
  • Social Evaluations (e.g., Corporate Reputation)
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Stakeholder Strategy

Publications

Journal Articles

  • ††Yoon, H., Gamache, D.L., Pfarrer, M.D., & ††Kiley, J.T. (2026) Agent-oriented impression management: Who wins when firms publicize their new CEOs?. Journal of Management, 52, 1631-1660.
  • Gamache, D.L. Busenbark, J.R., Steinbach, A. L., & ††Lee, E., Matusik, J.G. (2024) Organization-investor fit: The role of temporal preferences in shaping investor attraction and organizational performance. Personnel Psychology, 77, 1159-1194.
  • Gamache, D.L., Devers, C.E., Klien, F.B. & Hannigan, T. (2023) Shifting perspectives: How scrutiny shapes the relationship between CEO gender and acquisition activity. Strategic Management Journal, 44:3012-3041.
  • Busenbark, J.R., †Yoon, H., Gamache, D.L., & Withers, M. (2022). Omitted variable bias: Examining management research with the impact threshold of a confounding variable (ITCV). Journal of Management, 48: 17-48.
  • Gamache, D.L., Neville, F.P., ††Bundy, J., †Short, C. (2020). Serving differently: CEO regulatory focus and firm stakeholder strategy. Strategic Management Journal, 41: 1305-1335.
  • Gamache, D.L., McNamara, G.M., 2019. Responding to bad press: How CEO temporal focus influences the sensitivity to negative media coverage of acquisitions. Academy of Management Journal, 62: 918-943.
  • Gamache, D.L., McNamara, G.M., Graffin, S.D., ††Kiley, J.T., Haleblian, J.J., & Devers, C.D., 2019. Impression Offsetting as an Early Warning Signal of Low CEO Confidence in Acquisitions. Academy of Management Journal, 62: 1307-1332.
  • Steinbach, A.L., Gamache, D.L., & Johnson, R.E. 2019. Don’t get it misconstrued: Construal level shifts and flexibility in the upper echelons. Academy of Management Review, 44: 871-895.
  • Puranik, H., Koopman, J., Vough, H.C., & Gamache, D.L. (2019). They want what I’ve got (I think): The causes and consequences of attributing coworker behavior to envy. Academy of Management Review, 44: 424-449.
  • Gamache, D.L, McNamara, G.M., Mannor, M.J., & Johnson, R.E.2015. Motivated to acquire? The impact of CEO regulatory focus on firm acquisitions.. Academy of Management Journal , 58:1261-1282.
  • Seo, J., Gamache, D.L., Devers, C.E., & Carpenter, M.A. 2015. The role of CEO relative standing in acquisition behavior and CEO pay. Strategic Management Journal, 36:1877-1894.
  • Connelly, B.L., Haynes, K.T, Tihanyi, L, Gamache, D.L., & Devers, C.E. 2016. Minding the gap: Antecedents and consequences of top management-to-worker pay dispersion. . Journal Of Management, 42:862-885.

Editorial Appointments

  • Associate Edtior, Strategic Management Journal, 2026–present
  • Editoral Review Board, Academy of Management Review, 2017–present
  • Editorial Review Board, Academy of Management Journal, 2019–present
  • Editorial Review Board, Strategic Management Journal, 2020–2025
  • Editorial Board, Administrative Science Quarterly, 2021–present

Service

International Research Fellow, Oxford University Centre for Corporate Reputation

Representative-At-Large for the Strategic Leadership & Governance Interest Group – Strategy Management Society – 2021-2022.

Track Co-Chair, Strategic Management Society Special Conference – Las Vegas, March 2019.

Representative-At-Large and Engagement Officer for Behavioral Strategy Interest Group – Strategy Management Society – 2017-2018.