Time: 14:00-17:00, 25 May 2026
Speaker: J.T. Li is the Lee Quo Wei Professor of Business, Chair Professor in the Department of Management, Director of the Center for Business Strategy and Innovation at HKUST Business School, Senior Fellow of the HKUST Institute for Advanced Study, Chang Jiang Scholar Chair Professor, Fellow of the Academy of International Business, Vice President of the Academy of International Business from 2016 to 2019, and Chair of the 2018 AIB Annual Meeting. He currently serves as Deputy Editor of the leading international business journal Journal of International Business Studies from 2016 to 2025, and served as Associate Editor of Strategic Management Journal from 2009 to 2016. Professor Li was Senior Associate Dean of HKUST Business School from July 2013 to July 2017, Associate Dean from 2009 to July 2013, and Head of the Department of Management from 2006 to August 2017. His research is frequently published in top management journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, and Journal of International Business Studies, and many of his papers have received best paper awards.
Abstract:
In this academic talk, Professor J.T. Li discusses a study on how voting dissent by institutional investors affects turnover among non-CEO executives. Existing research on shareholder voting dissent has largely focused on turnover of board chairs or CEOs, while overlooking its effect on other top managers. Based on a sample of S&P 1500 firms from 2004 to 2019, the study finds and verifies that when institutional investors vote against directors in board elections, turnover among non-CEO executives increases.
