Drawing on impression management and social exchange theory, we examine the use of positively biased forecasts by (non-)founder-CEOs as an tactic vis-à-vis their existing investors. Contrary to non-founder counterparts, founder-CEOs identify more with venture they founded and, therefore, experience greater instrumental affective concerns about long-term relationship Consequently, hypothesize th...

How do women navigate and make space for themselves in workspaces where they are not perceived to fit? Women male-dominated careers often face perceptions of role misfit, leading them engage impression management. Using a mixed-methods design, we investigate if stand-up comedians present as female gendered at work two settings – one dominated by male performers ( N = 257) featuring more gender ...

The purpose of this research is to investigate two particular forms of impression management commonly found in corporate annual reports, the distortion of narratives and graph manipulation. Little is known about the potential effects these manipulations have on decisions made by annual report users. A laboratory experiment was performed in which participants were provided with a pack of informa...

The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact financial performance on tone used in chief executive officer (CEO) statements South Africa’s (SA) top 40 JSE-listed companies 2021 year. This implements quantile regression analysis and generalized linear model. To perform assessment, integrated annual reports (IARs) containing CEO for were extracted from their official websites. level determ...

When members of the in-group and out-group formed by leader are aware this categorization, employees’ motivation, attitudes towards job or organization, performance can be affected being a member (leader-member exchange, LMX). One consequences categorization awareness is impression management tactics displayed an employee. Impression goaldirected process in which individuals try to influence pe...