报告题目：Before the breach: Strategic candor as anticipatoryimpression management
报告人：惠卿
时间：2026年6月23日下午2:30
地点：管理学院A南406
报告内容摘要：
Grounded in expectancy violation theory, this study examines anticipatory impression management under adverse ESG-related reputational shocks. We introduce the concept of strategic candor, defined as a proactive impression management strategy in which organizational managers voluntarily disclose ESG deficiencies prior to media exposure when anticipating that such deficiencies may trigger negative expectancy violations among external stakeholders. By disclosing adverse ESG information in advance, firms seek to reshape stakeholder expectations and mitigate potential reputational consequences. We predict that strategic candor is a systematic corporate behavior and is more likely to occur when firms face higher levels of ESG analyst attention and exhibit sustained improvements in operating performance. We further argue that strategic candor mitigates negative expectancy violations by improving the information environment and positively shaping the evaluation process of external information intermediaries.Using a dual-event identifiable sample of Chinese A-share listed firms from 2010 to 2023, we find that both ESG analyst attention and recent performance improvements significantly predict the likelihood of strategic candor. Moreover, strategic candor generates economically and statistically significant consequences, corresponding to an average increase of approximately 0.18–0.26 standard deviations in ESG ratings.
【个人简介】
惠卿，广东工业大学管理学院管理科学与工程专业2023级博士研究生，师从吴小节教授。研究方向主要涉及公司战略与组织印象管理。目前在导师指导下，在Managerial Auditing Journal, Corporate Reputation Review, Journal of Management Control等国际期刊发表学术论文4篇,另有1篇论文被美国管理学会(AOM)年会接收。
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主办单位：广东工业大学管理学院
承办单位：创新创业与战略管理系
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