CEO tenure in Taiwanese family and nonfamily firms: An agency theory perspective

Family Business Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-28

  Tsai, Wen Hsien ^a   Hung, Jung Hua ^a   Kuo, Yi Chen ^b   Kuo, Lopin ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c VAN NUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 33644829022     PISSN: 08944865     EISSN: 17416248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6248.2006.00057.x     Document Type: Article

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