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Is the Optimism in CEO’s Letters to Shareholders Sincere? Impression Management Versus Communicative Action During the Economic Crisis

Patelli, Lorenzo; Pedrini, Matteo - In: Journal of Business Ethics 124 (2014) 1, pp. 19-34

In this study, we explore the sincerity of the rhetorical tone of 664 annual letters to shareholders (CEO letters). Prior studies adopt Impression Management theory to predict that firms obfuscate failures and emphasize successes to unfairly enhance their image and maintain organizational...

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Is the optimism in CEO's letters to shareholders sincere? : impression management versus communicative action during the economic crisis

Patelli, Lorenzo; Pedrini, Matteo - In: Journal of business ethics : JOBE 124 (2014) 1, pp. 19-34

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010424774