Pay comparability across and within UK boards: An empirical analysis of the cash pay awards to CEOs and other board members

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 207-232

  Ezzamel, Mahmoud ^a   Watson, Robert ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036522342     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00289     Document Type: Article

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