Long Term Incentive Plans, Executive Pay and UK Company Performance

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1709-1727

  Buck, Trevor ^a   Bruce, Alistair ^b   Main, Brian G M ^c   Udueni, Henry ^b  

^a DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0242382482     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-6486.00397     Document Type: Article

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