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Matt Hersel is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management at Clemson University. He received his PhD in Organization Studies, Strategy, and Change from Auburn University's Harbert College of Business. In 2022, he was awarded the Powers College of Business Emerging Scholar Research Excellence Award and was a nominee for Clemson University Junior Researcher of the Year. He was also a Powers Emerging Fellow prior to earning tenure. He currently serves as president of the Powers College of Business Faculty Advisory Council.

Research Interests

• His primary research interests involve stakeholder-focused management and the organizational effects of changing social evaluations following ethical transgressions. Specifically, he is interested in how leaders manage the aftermath of misconduct and other types of scandals.

Research Publications

• Hersel, M. C., Gangloff, K. A., Shropshire, C. (2023) Mixed messages: Crisis communication-dismissal (in)coherence and shareholder trust following misconduct. Academy of Management Journal. 66(2), .
• Heavey, C., Simsek, Z., Fox, B. C., Hersel, M. C. (2022) Executive confidence: A multidisciplinary review, synthesis, and agenda for future research. Journal of Management. 48(6), 1430-1468.
• Hersel, M. C. (2022) Fighting with the fourth estate: A theoretical framework of organization-media rivalry for narrative control following a transgression. Academy of Management Review. 47(3), 425-447.
• Connelly, B. C., Shi, W., Walker, H. J., Hersel, M. C. (2022) Searching for a sign: CEO successor selection in the wake of corporate misconduct. Journal of Management. 48(4), 1035-1066.
• Hersel, M. C., Helmuth, C. A., Zorn, M. L., Shropshire, C., & Ridge, J. W. (2019) The corrective actions organizations pursue following misconduct: A review and research agenda. Academy of Management Annals. 13(2), 547-585.