Celebrating the "essential:" The impact of performance on the functional favoritism of CEOs in two contexts

Journal of Management

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-168

  Miller, Danny ^a   Droge, Cornelia ^b   Vickery, Shawnee ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (Canada)

^b NONE

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EID: 0000171719     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014920639702300203     Document Type: Article

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