Research

Publications:

  • Workplace Knowledge Flows
    • Quarterly Journal of Economics (2020)
    • Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert, and Christopher Stanton
    • (Full Text) (Link)
  • Board Monitoring, Director Connections, and Credit Quality 
  • Research: How Virtual Teams Can Better Share Knowledge 
    • Harvard Business Review (2020)
    • Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert, and Christopher Stanton
    • (Full Text) (Link)
  • Employee Responses to Compensation Changes: Evidence from a Sales Firm 
    • Management Science (2021) 
    • Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert, and Christopher Stanton
    • (Full Text) (Link)
  • Creativity Contests: A Field Experiment on Eliciting Employee Creativity
    • Journal of Accounting Research (2023)
    • Jasmijn Bol, Lisa LaViers, and Jason Sandvik
    • (Full Text) (Link)
  • Clawback Provisions and Firm Risk
    • Review of Corporate Finance Studies (2023)
    • Ilona Babenko, Benjamin Bennett, John Bizjak, and Jeffrey Coles, and Jason Sandvik
    • (Full Text) (Link)
  • CEO Activism and Firm Value
    • Management Science (2023)
    • Anya Mkrtchyan, Jason Sandvik, and Vivi Zhu
    • (Full text) (Link)
  • CEO Pay Ratio Voluntary Disclosures and Stakeholder Reactions
    • Review of Accounting Studies (2024)
    • Lisa LaViers, Jason Sandvik, and Da Xu
    • (Full Text) (Link)
  • The Trouble with Your Innovation Contests
    • MIT Sloan Management Review (2024)
    • Jasmijn Bol, Lisa LaViers, and Jason Sandvik
    • (Link)
  • Employee Responses to CEO Activism
    • Journal of Accounting and Economics (2024)
    • Anya Mkrtchyan, Jason Sandvik, and Da Xu
    • (Full text) (Link)
  • IPO Price Formation and Board Gender Diversity
    • Journal of Corporate Finance (2024)
    • Raghu Rau, Jason Sandvik, and Theo Vermaelen
    • (Full text) (Link) 
  • Should Human Capital Development Programs be Mandatory or Voluntary? Evidence from a Field Experiment on Mentorship
    • Management Science (2025)
    • Jason Sandvik, Richard Saouma, Nathan Seegert, and Chris Stanton
    • (View on SSRN)
  • CEO Pay Ratio Disclosures and Changes in Employee Pay Satisfaction
    • Management Science (Forthcoming)
    • Mary Ellen Carter, Lisa LaViers, Jason Sandvik, and Da Xu
    • (View on SSRN)

Working Papers:

  • Do Personal Taxes Drive Unrelated Mergers and Acquisitions?
    • Revise and Resubmit: Management Science
    • Jeffrey Coles, Jason Sandvik, Nathan Seegert, and Aazam Virani
    • Presentations: 2023 Arizona Junior Conference, University of Kansas, NYU
    • (View on SSRN)
  • The Impact of Workplace Gender Diversity Disclosures on Job Selection Decisions
    • Reject and Resubmit: Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes
    • Lisa LaViers and Jason Sandvik
    • Presentations: Journal of Accounting Research – Registered Reports Series, Emory University, Tulane University, 2023 Hawaii Accounting Research Conference
    • (View on SSRN)
  • Understanding CEO Activism: Initial Insights and Future Research Directions
  • The Effect of Female Director Representation on Workplace Gender Diversity and Women’s Earnings
    • Tanya Byker, Sara Malik, Elena Patel, and Jason Sandvik
    • Presentations: 2022 Drexel Corporate Governance Conference, 2022 Haskayne and Fox Accounting Conference, 2023 Arizona Junior Conference, Vanderbilt University, Brigham Young University, University of Colorado – Boulder, University of Southern California, MIT, 2024 Labor and Accounting Group Conference, Legacy of Wisdom Conference
    • Email for draft
  • Strategic Silence: The Impact of the CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure on Conference Call Content
    • Mary Ellen Carter, Lisa LaViers, Jason Sandvik, and Da Xu
    • Presentations: Oregon State University, Bentley University, City University of Hong Kong, University of Iowa, McGill University, Virginia Tech
    • (View on SSRN)
  • The Effects of Human Capital Disclosures on Professional Investors’ Assessments of Firm Risk
    • Rob Jennings, Lisa LaViers, Ethan Rouen, and Jason Sandvik
    • Presentations: 2024 Arizona Junior Conference, HBS, University of Arizona, University of Georgia
    • Email for draft
  • Small-Scale Mentoring, Large-Scale Innovation: Evidence from a Superstar Firm
    • Colleen Chien, Jillian Grennan, and Jason Sandvik
    • Presentations: 2024 Diversity Pilots Initiative Annual Meeting
    • Email for draft

Interests:

Empirical Corporate Finance, Labor and Finance, Disclosure Policy, Experimental Economics

Curriculum Vitae:

Sandvik CV

Public Lectures:

Kelley School of Business – Institute for Corporate Governance Lecture Series – CEO Activism

CEO Activism, featuring Jason Sandvik

MentorcliQ Webinar – A Discussion about Mandatory vs. Voluntary Mentorship