Scott C. Jackson

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Assistant Professor of Accounting
Expertise: Financial accounting, Investor behavior, Judgment and decision-making, Corporate governance, Voluntary disclosure, Shareholder activism, Gender stereotypes, Experimental research

Biography

Lee Business School assistant professor Scott C. Jackson researches investors’ and managers’ judgment and decision-making processes, with a particular focus on CEO gender, shareholder activism, corporate governance, and voluntary disclosure.

Jackson in fall 2023 joined the faculty at UNLV, where he primarily teaches financial accounting courses, ranging from principles to advanced, at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Prior to academia, he worked for PriceWaterhouseCoopers Atlanta. He is an active member of the Accounting, Behavior, and Organizations (ABO) and Financial Accounting and Reporting sections (FARS) of the American Accounting Association.

Additionally, Jackson has served as reviewer for or had his work published in many academic journals, including Behavioral Research in Accounting; Contemporary Accounting Research; Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory; Journal of Forensic Accounting Research; and Issues in Accounting Education.

His research has been cited in several news outlets, including Forbes, MSN, The National Tribune, and IR Magazine.

Education

  • Ph.D., Accounting, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • M.Acc., Professional Accountancy, Brigham Young University
  • B.S., Accounting, Brigham Young University

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Male CEOs viewed positively for assertive activism stances, study reveals
Phys.org
Female CEOs were held in higher regard when they reacted to shareholder activism—attempts by shareholders, often hedge funds, to wield their influence as partial owners to bring about change in a corporation—using cooperative approaches. Similarly, the study found that male CEOs were regarded more highly when they used dominant or assertive stances, and less highly when they were communal.
The Role CEO Gender Plays When Activist Investors Emerge
Forbes
Researchers have found that female CEOs are targeted by activist shareholders more frequently than their male counterparts and are more likely to cooperate with activist requests. While there has been a lot of speculation about the reasons for these findings, little evidence has been brought to bear on the issue.
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