Executive job demands: New insights for explaining strategic decisions and leader behaviors

Academy of Management Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 472-491

  Hambrick, Donald C ^a,d   Finkelstein, Sydney ^b,e   Mooney, Ann C ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Executive compensation; Including agency theory; Numerous fronts; Upper echelons

Indexed keywords

EID: 22544461028     PISSN: 03637425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMR.2005.17293355     Document Type: Review

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