Microlevel opportunity structures as determinants of non-CEO executive pay

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1085-1103

  Carpenter, Mason A ^a   Wade, James B ^a  

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EID: 0036961546     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3069426     Document Type: Article

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