CEO succession research: Methodological bridges over troubled waters

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 625-648

  Pitcher, Patricia ^a   Chreim, Samia ^b   Kisfalvi, Veronika ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boards; Performance; Personality; Power; Succession

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001328973     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0266(200006)21:6<625::AID-SMJ107>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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