Michael Pfarrer

Dr. Mike Pfarrer is a Professor of Strategic Management in the Terry College of Business at The University of Georgia. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland.

Education

• PhD, Strategic Management, University of Maryland, 2007
• MBA, Management, University of North Alabama, 2002
• BA, Economics and German, University of Notre Dame, 1992

Research Interests

• Corporate reputation and celebrity
• Media accounts
• Impression and crisis management
• Role of business in society

Selected Publications

Journal Articles

• Hubbard, T.D., Pollock, T.G., Pfarrer, M.D., & Rindova, V.P. Safe bets or hot hands? How status and celebrity influence newly public firms' strategic alliance formations. Academy Of Management Journal, 61:1976-1999.
• Haleblian, J.M., Pfarrer, M.D., & Kiley, J. 2017. High-reputation firms and their differential acquisition behaviors. Strategic Management Journal, 38:2237-2254.
• Zavyalova, A., Pfarrer, M.D., & Reger, R.K. 2017. Celebrity and infamy? The consequences of media narratives about organizational identity. Academy Of Management Review, 42:461-480.
• Bundy, J.B., Pfarrer, M.D., Short, C.E., & Coombs, W.T. 2017. Crises and crisis management: Integration, interpretation, and research development. Journal Of Management, 43:1661-1692.
• Zavyalova, A., Pfarrer, M.D., Reger, R.K., & Hubbard, T.D. 2016.Reputation as a Benefit and a Burden? How Organizational Reputation Affects Low- and High-Identification Stakeholders’ Reactions to a Negative Event. Academy Of Management Journal, 53:253-276.
• Bundy, J., & Pfarrer, M.D. 2015. A Burden of Responsibility: The Role of Social Approval at the Onset of a Crisis. Academy Of Management Review, 40:345-369.
• Muller, A.R., Pfarrer, M.D., & Little, L.M. 2014. A Theory of Collective Empathy in Corporate Philanthropy Decisions. Academy Of Management Review, 39:1-21.
• Haack, P., Pfarrer, M.D., & Scherer, A.G. 2014. Legitimacy-as-Feeling: How Affect Leads to Vertical Legitimacy Spillovers in Transnational Governance. Journal Of Management Studies, 51:634-666.
• Zavyalova, A., Pfarrer, M.D., Reger, R.K., & Shapiro, D.L. 2012.Managing the Message: The Effects of Firm Actions and Industry Spillovers on Media Coverage Following Wrongdoing. Academy Of Management Journal, 55:1079-1101.
• Koschmann, M.A., Kuhn, T.R., & Pfarrer, M.D. 2012. A Communicative Framework of Value in Cross-Sector Partnerships.Academy Of Management Review, 37:332-354.
• Pfarrer, M.D., Pollock, T.G., & Rindova, V.P. 2010. A Tale of Two Assets: The Effects of Firm Reputation and Celebrity on Earnings Surprises and Investors' Reactions. Academy Of Management Journal, 53:1131-1152.
• Pfarrer, M.D., DeCelles, K.A., Smith, K.G., & Taylor, M.S. 2008. After the Fall: Reintegrating the Corrupt Organization. Academy Of Management Review, 33:730-749.
• Pfarrer, M.D., Smith, K.G., Bartol, K.M., Khanin, D.M., & Zhang, X. 2008. Coming Forward: The Effects of Social and Regulatory Forces on the Voluntary Restatement of Earnings Subsequent to Wrongdoing. Organization Science, 19:386-403.
• Zhang, X., Bartol, K.M., Smith, K.G., Pfarrer, M.D., & Khanin, D.M. 2008. CEOs on the Edge: Earnings Manipulation and Stock-Based Incentive Misalignment. Academy Of Management Journal, 51:241-258.
• Duriau, V.J., Reger, R.K., & Pfarrer, M.D. 2007. A Content Analysis of the Content Analysis Literature in Organization Studies: Research Themes, Data Sources, and Methodological Refinements.Organizational Research Methods, 10:5-34.

Editorial Appointments

• Editorial Board, Academy of Management Journal, 2010 - present
• Editorial Board, Academy of Management Review, 2009 - present
• Associate Editor, Academy of Management Review, 2014 - 2017