Stewardship Theory and Board Structure: A contingency approach

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 5-28

  Muth, Melinda M ^a   Donaldson, Lex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 0347821376     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00076     Document Type: Article

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