Scott D. Graffin

• PhD, Strategic Management, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2006
• MBA, Management, University of Wisconsin – Oshkosh, 2001
• BBA, Accounting, University of Wisconsin – Madison, 1994

• Corporate Governance
• CEO Reputation and Status
• CEO Succession

Journal Articles

• Han, J.H, Pollock, T., & Graffin, S. Forthcoming. Now you see me: How status and categorical proximity shape misconduct scandalization. Academy of Management Journal.
• Busenbark, J., Graffin, S., Campbell, R. ††, Lee, E†. 2022. A marginal effects approach to interpreting main effects and moderation. Organizational Research Methods, 25: 147-169.
• Campbell, R.††, Busensbark, J., Boivie, S., & Graffin, S. 2021. Retaining problems or solutions? The financial performance implications of retaining directors from an acquired firm’s board. Strategic Management Journal, 42: 1716-1733.
• Boivie, S., Withers, M., Graffin, S., & Corley, K. 2021. Corporate directors’ implicit theories of the roles and duties of boards. Strategic Management Journal, 42: 1662-1695.
• Graffin, S., Hubbard, T. ††, Christensen, D., & Lee, E.† 2020. The influence of CEO risk tolerance on initial pay packages. Strategic Management Journal, 41: 788-811.
• Quigley, T. J., Hubbard, T. †, Ward, A. & Graffin, S. 2020. Still in control: Information releases and CEO stock option grants.  Academy of Management Journal, 63: 155-180.
• 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 CEO self-interest in acquisitions. Academy of Management Journal, 62: 1307-1332.
• Campbell, R.†, Jeong, S., Graffin, S. 2019. Born to take risk? The effects of CEO birth order on strategic risk taking. Academy of Management Journal, 62: 1278-1306.
• Hubbard, T.,† Christensen, D., & Graffin, S. 2017. Higher Highs and Lower Lows: The Role of Corporate Social Responsibility in CEO Dismissal. Strategic Management Journal, 38:2255-2265.
• Quigley, T., & Graffin, S. 2017. Reaffirming the CEO effect is Significant and Much Larger than Chance: A Comment on Fitza (2014). Strategic Management Journal, 38:793-801.
• Boivie, S., Graffin, S., Withers, M., Oliver, A.† 2016. Welcome aboard! Exploring the Effects of Directorships in the Executive Labor Market.Academy Of Management Journal , 59(5):1681-1706.
• Graffin, S., Haleblian, J., Kiley, J.† 2016. Ready, AIM, Acquire: Impression Offsetting and Acquisitions. Academy Of Management Journal , 59:232-252.
• Boivie, S., Graffin, S., & Gentry, R. 2016. Understanding the Direction, Magnitude, and Joint Effects of Reputation When Multiple Actors’ Reputations Collide. Academy Of Management Journal , 59:188-206.
• Christensen, D., Dhaliwal, D., Boivie, S., & Graffin, S. 2015. Top Management Conservatism and Corporate Risk Strategies: Evidence from Managers Personal Political Orientation and Corporate Tax Avoidance. Strategic Management Journal, 36:1918-1938.
• Graffin, S., Bundy, J.†, Porac, J., Wade, J., Quinn, D. 2013. Falls from Grace and the Hazards of High Status: The 2009 British Expense Scandal and its Impact on Parliamentary Elites. Administrative Science Quarterly, 58:313-345.
• Graffin, S., Boivie, S., & Carpenter, M. 2013. Examining CEO Succession and the Role of Heuristics in Early-Stage CEO Evaluation. Strategic Management Journal, 34:383-403.
• Boivie, S., Graffin, S., & Pollock, T. 2012. Time For Me to Fly: Predicting Director Exit at Large Firms. Academy Of Management Journal, 55:1334-1359.
• Graffin, S., Carpenter, M., & Boivie, S. 2011. What’s All That (Strategic) Noise? Anticipatory Impression Management in CEO Successions. Strategic Management Journal, 32:748-770.
• Graffin, S. & Ward, A. 2010. Certifications and Reputation: Determining the Standard of Desirability Amidst Uncertainty.Organization Science, (21):331-346.
• Ward, A., Brown, J., & Graffin, S. 2009. Under the Spotlight: Institutional Invest and Firm Reponses to the Council of Institutional Investors’ Annual Focus List. Strategic Organization, (7):107-135.
• Graffin, S., Wade, J., Porac, J., McNamee, R. 2008. The Impact of CEO Status Diffusion on the Economic Outcomes of Other Senior Managers. Organization Science, (19):457-474.
• Wade, J., Porac, J., Pollock, T., Graffin, S. 2006. The Burden of Celebrity: The Impact of CEO Certification Contests on CEO Pay and Performance. Academy Of Management Journal, (49):643-660.

• Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Journal, 2010 - present
• Editorial Board Member, Strategic Management Journal, 2020 - present
• Associate Editor, Academy of Management Journal, 2013 - 2016
• Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Review, 2011 - 2014
• Editorial Board Member, Academy of Management Learning & Education, 2008 - 2011

• Outstanding Professor in the Program, Executive MBA Program, 2023
• Award for Scholarly Contribution, Administrative Science Quarterly, 2019
• Research Excellence Award, Terry College of Business, 2017
• Hugh O. Nourse Outstanding MBA Teacher Award, Terry College of Business Full-time MBA Program, 2015
• Professor of the Year, Terry College of Business Evening MBA Program, 2013
• Outstanding Teacher, Terry College of Business, 2012