Attention as the mediator between top management team characteristics and strategic change: The case of airline deregulation

Organization Science

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 453-469

  Cho, Theresa S ^a   Hambrick, Donald C ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airline industry; Executive compensation; Managerial attention; Organizational demography; Strategic change; Top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746761596     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1060.0192     Document Type: Review

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