Reward design and CEO succession in the UK

Applied Economics

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1535-1541

  Johnston, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WAGE DETERMINATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 23844550532     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840500193914     Document Type: Article

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