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PhD Candidate 2012
Wei (Vivian) Guo is a Ph.D. candidate (ABD) in Strategy and Entrepreneurship. Vivian’s research centers on the psychological processes that influence strategic decision-making and resource management in both established and entrepreneurial firms. She focuses on research questions, such as how do personalities of top executives influence their allocation of attention and thus firm innovation, how would the attention limits of organizational decision makers impact the firm’s competition and performance, and how different linguistic styles used by top executives influence investor reactions. The first essay in her dissertation has been nominated for
Best Conference Paper and Best Conference Paper for Practice Implications
Prize at the Strategic Management Society 31st Annual International Conference in Miami, Florida.
Dissertation title
The Power of Words: Three Essays on the Relationship between Linguistic Features of Managerial Statements and Investors’ Responses
Dissertation Summary
Wei Guo’s dissertation explores the influence of linguistic styles used by top executives in presentations on investor evaluation and stock market reactions. In particular, she combine computational content analysis and event study methodology to explore whether the use of different linguistic styles would help top executives project the impression of competence, transparency, and authenticity to investors, thus generating favorable stock market reactions. To address these research questions, she has built a novel database with 8,990 verbatim transcripts of presentations by executives of 632 organizations at investor conferences between 2003 and 2010.
Dissertation Chair: Brent Goldfarb
(co-chair)
David Kirsch (co-chair)
Dissertation Committee Members
Primary Research Areas
- Strategic Management
- Competitive Dynamics
- Microfoundations of Strategy and Entrepreneurship
Primary Teaching Interests
- Strategic Management
- Entrepreneurship
Selected Publications, Conference Presentations, and Work- in-Progress
Wei Guo. (In press). Resources acquisition during initial public offering: Exploring the rhetoric of entrepreneurs. In Dean's Office and Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship (Ed.),
Entrepreneurship Research @ Smith 2011. Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, College Park; Winner for PhD student research in progress in the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Research Competition
Manuscripts Under Review
“The Effect of Product Novelty on Market Discourse in the US Wireless Telephone Industry” with Scott R. Livengood, Ken G. Smith, & Curtis M. Grimm, under review at
Academy of Management Journal
Working Papers
“Who Are Your Competitors: Multimarket Rival Characteristics and Firm Performance” with Curtis M. Grimm, Li Zou, & Shweta S. Oza, preparing for submission to
Academy of Management Journal
“Why You See What You See: A Multilevel Person-situation Investigation of Executive Attention” with Patrick G. Maggitti, Ken G. Smith, Paul E. Tesluk, & Riitta Katila, preparing for submission to
Strategic Management Journal
Conference Presentations
Wei Guo, Patrick G. Maggitti, Ken G. Smith, Paul E. Tesluk, & Riitta Katila, "Why You See What You See: A Multilevel Investigation of Top Management Attention”, Presented at 2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 06-10, 2010
Wei Guo, Curtis M. Grimm, Li Zou, & Shweta S. Oza, “Multimarket Contact and Performance Under Imperfect Monitoring”, Presented at 2010 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Montreal, Canada, August 06-10, 2010
Wei Guo and Rhonda K. Reger, “Methods to Study the Cognitive Micro-foundations in Strategic Management: Computer Simulation and Games”, Presented at 2009 Strategic Management Society Conference, Washington D.C., October 11-14, 2009
Honors and Awards
"The Economic Value of Memorable Language: Stock Market Reaction to Executives’ Use of Memorable Language in Presentations,” nominated for Best Conference Paper and Best Conference Paper for Practice Implications Prize, Strategic Management Society 31st Annual International Conference, Miami, FL, November 2011
Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Research Fellow, 2010.
Winner for “PhD Student Research In Progress” in the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship Research Competition, 2010.
Distinguished Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland at College Park, 2008-2009.
References
Professional Services
University of Maryland
• Organizing committee, the Career and Professionalization Workshop (CAPSS), Strategy student leader (2010)
• Ph.D. student mentor (2009, 2010, 2011)
• Co-organizer for the 2nd Annual Management & Organization Research Day (2008)
Academy of Management
• Reviewer for the BPS and OMT divisions (2009-present)
• Programming committee, New Doctoral Student Consortium (2009, 2010)
International Association for Chinese Management Research (IACMR)
• Reviewer (2010, 2011)
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