Daniel Zyung

Associate Professor

Daniel Zyung

Bio

Daniel Zyung is Associate Professor of Management and Leadership in the C. T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. Before joining the University of Houston, he was Assistant Professor of Strategy at Southern Methodist University. He received his Ph.D. from Rice University in 2017. His research centers on three related areas: (i) corporate leaders and their influences on organizational outcomes, (ii) corporate governance, and (iii) the decision making of non-executive stakeholders. While he primarily studies how corporate leaders' behavior, perceptions, and responses to external stimuli are guided by their experiences, cognitive styles, motives, and ideologies, his work has also examined the behaviors of key stakeholders, such as employees and consumers, driven by the belief that the insights gained therein can eventually enrich our understanding of corporate leadership. Daniel's research has been published in premier journals such as Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Management, Journal of Marketing Research, Organization Studies, and Strategic Organization. He serves on the editorial boards of Organization Science and Journal of Management.

Research Interests

  • Strategic Leadership
  • Corporate Governance
  • Behavioral Strategy

Selected Publications

  • Zyung, J. D. 2025. Expectations and exits: The effect of CEO agency-communion on boards' expectancy violations and dismissal of CEOs following breaches of stakeholder rights. Forthcoming in Organization Science.
  • Zavyalova, A., Callahan, C., Hubbard, T. D., & Zyung, J. D. 2025. Competition and constituents' polarization online. Journal of Management, 51(4): 1288–1321.
  • Zyung, J. D. & Shi, W. 2022. In retrospect: The influence of CEOs' historical relative pay on overconfidence. Strategic Organization, 20(3): 627–651.
  • Zyung, J. D., Mittal, V., Kekre, S., Hegde, G. G., Shang, J., Marcus, B., & Venkat, A. 2020. Service providers' decision to use ethics committees and consultation in complex services. Journal of Marketing Research, 57(2): 278–297.
  • Kim, H., Hoskisson, R. E., & Zyung, J. D. 2019. Socioemotional favoritism: Evidence from foreign divestitures in family multinationals. Organization Studies, 40(6): 917–940.
  • Han, K., Jihye, J., Mittal, V., Zyung, J. D., & Adam, H. 2019. Political identity and financial risk-taking: Insights from social dominance orientation. Journal of Marketing Research, 56(4): 581–601.
  • Connelly, B., Shi, W., & Zyung, J. D. 2017. Managerial response to constitutional constraints on shareholder power. Strategic Management Journal, 38(7): 1499–1517.
  • Hoskisson, R. E., Chirico, F., Zyung, J. D., & Gambeta, E. 2017. Managerial risk-taking: A multi-theoretical review and future research agenda. Journal of Management, 43(1): 137–169.
  • Crossland, C., Zyung, J. D., Hiller, N. J., & Hambrick, D. C. 2014. CEO career variety: Effects on firm-level strategic and social novelty. Academy of Management Journal, 57(3): 652–674.

Academic Associations & Editorial Boards

  • Member: Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, International Corporate Governance Society
  • Editorial Board Member: Organization Science, Journal of Management

Contact Info

Phone:
  
Email:
  jzyung@central.uh.edu
Room:
 MH 325H
Website:
 No Web Site Currently

Courses

  • MANA 6A83 Strategic Analysis

Education

Rice University, PhD
University of Texas at Austin, MS
University of Michigan, MA
Korea University, BBA