Donald J. (DJ) Schepker Darla Moore School of Business University of South Carolina 1705 College Street Columbia, SC 29208 (803) 777-5977 Donald.Schepker@moore.sc.edu EDUCATION Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, Management, 2012 School of Business, University of Kansas Dissertation Title: The Role of Executive Capital and the Market for Alternative Candidates in CEO Dismissal and Labor Market Consequences for Dismissed Executives Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 2003 Babson College PUBLICATIONS Schepker, D.J. & Oh, W.Y. In press. Substitutes or complements? Corporate governance mechanisms and poison pill repeal. Journal of Management. DOI: 10.1177/0149206312441209. Poppo, L. & Schepker, D.J. 2010. Repairing public trust in organizations, Corporate Reputation Review, 13: 124-141. RESEARCH CURRENTLY UNDER REVIEW Schepker, D.J., Oh, W.Y., Martynov, A., & Poppo, L. Contracts: Established research, emergent directions, and areas of future research. Review issue proposal accepted; 3 rd round review for 2013 review issue, Journal of Management. Schepker, D.J. & Barker, V.L. III. Winning isn t everything: An empirical examination of performance, power, and expectations in NBA coach dismissals. Revise and resubmit, Strategic Management Journal. Schepker, D.J. & Patel, P.C. The evaluation of CEO overconfidence and underconfidence: The moderating role of risk and return. Under review, Strategic Management Journal 1
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS It s not only wins and losses, it s when you play the game: Chief executive dismissal in the National Football League, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston, August 2012. (with Clint Chadwick, David Allen). Why do firms do good? Industry conditions and firms motivation for social responsibility, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, San Antonio, August 2011. (with Matthew T. Luth) Winning isn t everything: Effects of power, reputation, and expectations in NBA coach dismissals, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, August 2010. (with Vincent L. Barker III) Public trust in organizations: Its origins, violations, and optimal repair mechanisms, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, August 2010. (with Laura Poppo) Firm governance and the repeal of poison pills, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Montreal, August 2010. (with Won Y. Oh) Responding to organizational crises: Impression management activities to repair firm reputation, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, August 2009. Firm performance, industry performance, and CEO succession: A theoretical framework, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, August 2009. The effects of motivational orientations on CEO compensation, Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Anaheim, August 2008. WORKING PAPERS Luth, M.T. & Schepker, D.J. Antecedents of corporate social performance: Discretion and engagement in social performance. Chadwick, C., Allen, D., & Schepker, D.J. It s not only wins and losses, it s when you play the game: Chief executive dismissal in the National Football League. Poppo, L. & Schepker, D.J. Repairing an organizational reputation for trustworthiness: A conceptual framework. Patel, P.C. & Schepker, D.J. CEO dismissal in family firms: The role of risk returns relative to industry peers. 2
Liang, X., Barker, V.L. III, & Schepker, D.J. Top management team cognition, turnaround strategy, and turnaround attempts of declining firms. Oh, W.Y. & Schepker, D.J. The effects of long-term investment on poison pill renewal. PAPERS/PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT Schepker, D.J. & Chadwick, C. Recycling top managers: Characteristics that predict why dismissed coaches are rehired in the NFL. Schepker, D.J. & Luth, M.T. What can green do for you? How industry characteristics moderate the relationship between corporate social responsibility and firm performance Schepker, D.J. & Luth, M.T. Do firms change their ways? An empirical examination of changes in firm corporate socially responsible behavior over time. Schepker, D.J. & Oh, W.Y. The effects of poison pill repeal on firm strategic decision making and performance. Schepker, D.J. & Oh, W.Y. The differential effects of poison pill adoption: Signaling governance through anti-takeover amendment adoption. Schepker, D.J. Do managers have a recipe for success? Investigating strategic conformity in second-run CEOs. Schepker, D.J. & Barker, V.L. Where s the discretion? Exploring the effects of coaches on performance in NBA versus NCAA basketball. Lee, J.Y. & Schepker, D.J. Attributing performance to executives: Attributions in process of CEO evaluation and dismissal. AWARDS AND HONORS 2011 BPS Doctoral Consortium, Selected to participate in the 2011 Business Policy & Strategy Doctoral Consortium at the Academy of Management meeting in San Antonio. Dissertation Fellowship, University of Kansas School of Business, Academic year 2011-2012, Awarded annually to three doctoral students recognizing outstanding achievement to allow students to work full time on their dissertations. 2011 Max E. Fessler Dissertation Award, Awarded to one School of Business doctoral student annually to recognize the potential quality of doctoral dissertation research. 3
2011 Constance B. Ducey Doctoral Student Teaching Award, Awarded annually to one School of Business doctoral student to recognize outstanding teaching. 2011 Graduate Teaching Award Nomination, Nominated by a faculty committee to serve as the School of Business sole representative for a university-wide teaching award given to one graduate student annually at the University of Kansas. 2010 John O. Tollefson Doctoral Student Teaching Award, Awarded annually to two School of Business doctoral students to recognize teaching by doctoral students. Outstanding Reviewer Award, Academy of Management Conference, Business Policy & Strategy Division, 2010 RESEARCH GRANTS / FUNDING 2013 General Research Fund Grant, Included on a university-wide summer grant to work with Dr. Vince Barker on paper titled Where s the discretion? Exploring the effects of coaches on performance in NBA versus NCAA basketball. 2011 General Research Fund Grant, Included on a university-wide summer grant to work with Dr. Laura Poppo, Alex Martynov, and Won Y. Oh on paper titled A synthesis and re-direction of governance for complex inter-organizational exchanges. 2010 General Research Fund Grant, Included on a university-wide summer grant to work with Dr. Laura Poppo on paper titled Repairing a reputation for trustworthiness: A conceptual framework. TEACHING EXPERIENCE University of Kansas: MGMT455 General Management Processes and Change Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011 Required course for all management majors on the role of the General Manager and strategy implementation. Focuses on management, leadership, structure, controls, and culture in teaching general management and strategy implementation. MGMT498 Business Policy and Strategy Fall 2008, Spring 2009 Required senior-level, capstone course for all business students in business strategy. Focus on corporate-level and business-level strategy development in organizations, as well as industry and environmental level analysis 4
SERVICE Service to the Profession: Reviewer, Academy of Management of Conference, 2008-2011 New Doctoral Student Consortium, Logistics committee member, Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2010, Chicago, Helped plan and execute the 2010 NDSC Service to the University of Kansas: Ph.D. program representative, Student committee to interview candidates for the Dean of the School of Business, Spring 2011 Vice President, Association of Business Doctoral Students, University of Kansas, 2008-9 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Boston, MA August 2005 July 2007 Senior Associate, Internal Audit Services July 2003 August 2005 Associate, Internal Audit Services Perform internal audits related to client business processes and provide operational and financial recommendations to clients. Supervise audit staff on internal audit engagements at firm clients. Communicate status and findings with internal and external senior management. AFFILIATIONS Academy of Management Strategic Management Society RESEARCH INTERESTS Antecedents and consequences of executive dismissal Decision-making of top managers and boards across multiple organizations Managerial characteristics and firm decision making SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS Boy Scouts of America, Eagle Scout, June 1997 Computer Skills: STATA, SPSS, LISREL, Minitab, Eviews, Microsoft Access, PowerPoint, Excel, Audit Command Language (ACL), Adobe PageMaker, Visual Café 5