Research on Corporate Governance, Board of Directors and Top Management teams

In recent decades, there has been an increasing focus on good corporate governance and the role and interaction between boards and board members, owners, and the CEO and management.

This applies to both public and private organisations. Corporate governance focuses on the development of guidelines for owners, the board of directors and management to both develop and manage the organisation's resources in an appropriate manner.

Increasingly, demands are being placed on organisations, both private and public. Regulations and guidelines, both national and international, provide guidance on how organisations should be managed.

In Norway, the introduction of key principles for corporate governance (NUES), gender regulation in the Norwegian Public Limited Companies Act and an increasing focus on sustainability have been important factors that have influenced organisations, how they are governed and how their resources are managed.

What we research

  •     Diversity on boards and in senior management
  •     Digitalisation, entrepreneurship and board work
  •     Boards and independence
  •     Venture, governance and value creation
  •     Networks and resources on boards
  •     Family businesses, governance and value creation
  •     Comparative corporate governance
  •     Quotas on boards and senior management
  •     Conflict and emotions on the board
  •     Corporate form and organisational lifecycle and boards
  •     Sustainability, the role of the board and sustainability reporting
  •     Critical reflection
  •     Leadership, identity, values and role of senior/middle managers

How do we conduct research?

The research group uses a wide range of both qualitative and quantitative research methods

Research disciplines

We utilise a number of disciplines. These include strategy, sociology, management, economics, organisational theory, law, political science, innovation and entrepreneurship. We have an interdisciplinary approach to research.

Our research is disseminated and made available to a wider audience of students and practitioners through extensive teaching, participation in the public discussion on topics such as board diversity, board quotas, competent boards and board digitalisation.

Partners and projects

STEP - home - The Step Project Global Consortium

Conferences that we actively attend:

Ongoing research projects

We are actively involved in national and international projects.

An example of this is:  STEP - home - The Step Project Global Consortium  

Some of our recent publications:

  • Åberg, C., Calabrò, A., Valentino, A., & Torchia, M. (2024). Socioemotional Wealth and Family Firm Performance: The Moderating Role of CEO Tenure and Millennial CEO. British Journal of Management, 0, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8551.1281

  • Gjerde, S. & Alvesson, M (2024) Living the Janus Face: The Promise and Perils of Role-Distancing for Middle Managers. Journal of Management Studies

  • Seierstad, C., Åberg, C., & Fjellvær, H. (2023). Gender quotas on boards 20 years on: a useful tool for increased wider diversity? Achievements, “broken promises” and blindspots in the Norwegian board diversity debate. In M. Huse & S. Tasheva (Eds.), Research Handbook on Diversity and Corporate Governance (Vol. 1, pp. 17-27). Edward Elgar Publishing. 
  • Åberg, C., Fjellvær, H., & Seierstad, C. (2023). Board diversity: the impact of dynamic capabilities, absorptive capacity and ambidexterity. In M. Huse & S. Tasheva (Eds.), Research Handbook on Diversity and Corporate Governance (Vol. 1, pp. 45-61). Edward Elgar Publishing. 
  • Casaca, S., Marques,S., João Guedes, M.  and Seierstad, C. (2022). "Gender-Balanced Seats, Equal Power and Greater Gender Equality? Zooming into the Boardroom of Companies Bound by the Portuguese Gender Quota Law" Social Sciences 11, no. 10: 449. 
  • Seierstad, C., Tatli, A., Aldossari, M. and Huse, M. (2021) Broadening of the field of corporate boards and legitimate capitals: An investigation into the use of gender quotas in corporate boards in Norway. Work, Employment and Society. vol. 35, 4: pp. 753-773. 
  • Rigolini, A., Gabaldon, P., Goldeng, E.L.B. (2021). CEO succession with gender change in troubled companies: The effect of a new woman CEO on firm risk and firm risk perceived. Scandinavian Management Journal. 
  • Seierstad, C., Healy, G., Le Bruyn, E.S., and Fjellvær, H. (2020) A ‘quota silo' or positive equality reach? The equality impact of gender quotas on corporate boards in Norway. Human Resource Management Journal. Vol. 31(1).  
  • Mensi-Klarbach, H and Seierstad, C (2020) Gender quotas on corporate boards: similarities and differences of quota scenarios in Europe. European Management Review. Vol. 17(3) 

  • Gjerde, S., & Alvesson, M. (2020). Sandwiched: Exploring role and identity of middle managers in the genuine middle. Human relations, 73(1), 124-151.

  • Le Bruyn, E.G. and Seierstad, C. (2020) Kjønnsmessig sammensetning av toppledere i forskjellige styringsformer etter kjønnskvotering i styrer i Norge. MAGMA 
  • Åberg, C., & Shen, W. (2020). Can board leadership contribute to board dynamic managerial capabilities? An empirical exploration among Norwegian firms. Journal of Management and Governance, 24(1), 169-197. 
  • Åberg, C., & Torchia, M. (2020). Do boards of directors foster strategic change? A dynamic managerial capabilities perspective. Journal of Management and Governance, 24(3), 655-684. 
  • Goldeng, E., Rigolini, A., Gabaldon, P. (2019). The Effect of the Introduction of the Gender Quota Regulation among Public Limited Companies’ Boards in Norway: Taking Stock, Looking Ahead. In Research Handbook of Boards of Directors, Gabrielsson, J., Yamak, S. & Khlif, W. Edward Elgar Publishing.
  • Goldeng, E. (2019). Women on boards: A closer look at the Norwegian Case. In Festskrift til Torger Reve. Fagbokforlaget.

  • Gjerde, S., & Ladegård, G. (2019). Leader role crafting and the functions of leader role identities. Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, 26(1), 44-59.

     Seierstad, C., Gabaldon, P, Mensi-Klarbach, H. (eds.) (2017) Gender Diversity in the Boardroom: European Perspectives on Increasing Female Participation. Vol 1. The use of different quota regulations. Palgrave Macmillan.

  • Seierstad, C., Gabaldon, P, Mensi-Klarbach, H. (eds.) (2017) Gender Diversity in the Boardroom: European Perspectives on Increasing Female Participation. Vol 2.  Multiple Approaches Beyond Quotas. Palgrave Macmillan.

  • Ladegard, G., & Gjerde, S. (2014). Leadership coaching, leader role-efficacy, and trust in subordinates. A mixed methods study assessing leadership coaching as a leadership development tool. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(4), 631-646.

     

 

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