Michael Greiner

Title: Assistant Professor of Management
Office: 311 Elliott Hall
Phone: (248) 370-4981
Email: [email protected]

Education:
Wayne State University Mike Ilitch School of Business, Ph.D. Strategic Management

Biography:
Dr. Greiner combines practical experience with scholarship. For him, academia is his third career. For his first career, he worked in government and politics, managing campaigns across the country, working on Capitol Hill and in several state capitals, and ultimately serving as Deputy Mayor of Warren, Michigan's third largest city. For his second career, he practiced Bankruptcy law, founding his own firm that grew to employ over ten people. During that time, he helped thousands of families and businesses restructure their debts to help them turn crisis into success. Dr. Greiner works to incorporate this practical experience into his research and teaching.

Teaching interests: 
Law, ethics, strategic management

Research interests: 
Corporate political activity (CPA), corporate social responsibility (CSR), agency theory, stewardship theory

Awards:
Distinguished Service Award 2022-2023 Honorable Mention, Oakland University SBA, August 2023

Oakland University 2023 Impact Player, Oakland University Athletics, December 2022

Best Paper Award, 82nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Academy of Management, March 2022

University Research Committee Faculty Research Fellowship, Oakland University, December 2020

Accepted into Pi Academy, Oakland University, August 2020

Best Manuscript by Young Scholar, International Academy of Management and Business, October 2018

Journals and Articles:
Thor, J. C., Greiner, M. (2024). How Legal Knowledge Can Ruin a TV Show: An Issue-Spotting Exercise for the Legal Environment of Business Course. Atlantic Law Journal. 27((1)), 121-156

Greiner, M. , Lee, J. (2023). Extending the Market Theory of Corporate Political Activity. Long Range Planning. forthcoming

Greiner, M. , Kim, J. , Thor, J. (2023). NARCISSISTIC CEOS AND THEIR CORPORATE POLITICAL ACTIVITY. Journal of Business Research. na

Thor, J. C., Greiner, M. How Legal Knowledge Can Ruin a TV Show: An Issue-Spotting Exercise for the Legal Environment of Business Course. Atlantic Law Journal. 2719

Greiner, M. , Kim, J. , Cordon Thor, J. (2023). CEO values as antecedents to Corporate Political Activity: An empirical exploration. Journal of Business Research. forthcoming

Kim, J. , Greiner, M. , Miree, C. (2023). Embedded Agency in Competitive Environments: Distribution of New Occupations for Data-Oriented Practices. Management Research Review. Forthcoming

Greiner, M. , Kim, J. (2021). Corporate Political Activity and Greenwashing: Can CPA clarify which Firm Communications on Social & Environmental Events are Genuine?. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 28(1), 1-10

Greiner, M. , Lee, J. (2021). US Companies and Political Influence: How Business Can Read The Government Landscape Better. Journal of Business Strategy. 42(1), 69-75

Greiner, M. , Sun, J. (2021). How Corporate Social Responsibility Can Incentivize Top Managers: A commitment to sustainability as an agency intervention. Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management. 28(4), 1360-1375

Greiner, M. , Julian, S. (2021). Should You Reward Your CEO with Stock Options?. Harvard Business Review. 3

Greiner, M. , Lee, J. (2020). A supply-side approach to corporate political activity: Performance consequences of ideologically driven CPA. Journal of Business Research. 115(C), 25-37

Greiner, M. , Julian, S. (2020). Avoid Making This Strategic Mistake in a Recession. Harvard Business Review. https://hbr.org/2020/07/avoid-making-this-strategic-mistake-in-a-recession