CEO characteristics: Does industry matter?

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 197-215

  Rajagopalan, Nandini ^a   Datta, Deepak K ^a  

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EID: 0030306782     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256636     Document Type: Article

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