CEO turnover and corporate performance

Scandinavian Journal of Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 287-303

  Leker, Jens ^a   Salomo, Sören ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Ceo turnover; Involuntary turnover; Performance measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034259925     PISSN: 09565221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0956-5221(99)00023-8     Document Type: Article

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