One hat too many: Key executive plurality and shareholder wealth

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 499-507

  Worrell, Dan L ^a   Nemec, Carol ^b   Davidson III, Wallace N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive plurality; Shareholder wealth

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000046228     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(199706)18:6<499::AID-SMJ898>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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