Out-of-the-money: The impact of underwater stock options on executive job search

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 67-101

  Dunford, Benjamin ^a,d   Boudreau, John ^b   Boswell, Wendy ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 18144410930     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2005.00423.x     Document Type: Article

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