Managerial pay and executive turnover in the Czech and Slovak Republics

Economics of Transition

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 659-677

  Eriksson, Tor ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

CEO turnover; Corporate performance; Managerial compensation

Indexed keywords

FIRM OWNERSHIP; FIRM SIZE; LABOR MARKET; TRANSITIONAL ECONOMY; WAGE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 33747049782     PISSN: 09670750     EISSN: 14680351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0967-0750.2005.00236.x     Document Type: Article

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