Power relationships among top managers: Does top management team power distribution matter for organizational performance?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 622-629

  Smith, Anne ^a   Houghton, Susan M ^b   Hood, Jacqueline N ^c   Ryman, Joel A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Performance; Power; Top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645067388     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2005.10.012     Document Type: Article

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