Industrial origin of CEOs in outside succession: Board preference and stockholder reaction

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 295-321

  Davidson III, Wallace N ^a   Nemec, Carol ^b   Worrell, Dan L ^a   Lin, Jun ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO origin; CEO succession; Industry effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 3042632891     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021242931026     Document Type: Article

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