SPEAKER：王丹青，助理教授，香港科技大学

TIME/DATE：2024.6.24  10:00

CLASSROOM：A403

ABSTRACT：

We study how gender role expectations from social stakeholders differently shape female and male politicians’ receptivity to corporate campaign donations. We argue that due to social expectations of gender role congruence, female politicians are subject to increased social and moral scrutiny during elections. Given the negative public perception of corporate political donations, female politicians are more concerned about voter backlash than their male counterparts when accepting large political donations, thus accepting fewer corporate donations. We posit that this gender gap is intensified by the greater political resources of female politicians from their political family backgrounds but alleviated by the social reputations of potential corporate donors. Our study provides insights into the complex interplay between gender, business, politics, and society.

GUEST BIO：

Danqing Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). Before joining HKUST, she taught at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) for five years. She earned her Ph.D. in Management from INSEAD, France. Danqing’s research focuses on gender, diversity, state-firm interactions, and firms’ non-market strategies in emerging economies. Her work has been published in prestigious journals, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of International Business Studies, Management Science, and Journal of Business Ethics. Currently, she serves as the Senior Editor for Management and Organization Review and is on the editorial board of Administrative Science Quarterly, Organization Science, and Global Strategy Journal. In 2024, she received the Organization Science Outstanding Reviewer Award. Danqing was honored with the WAIB Emerging Woman Scholar Award in 2018. Additionally, she received the Faculty Outstanding Teacher Award in 2018 from HKU and has been included in the Dean’s List for teaching excellence multiple times at HKUST.