Governance in organizations: A cognitive perspective

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 4, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 53-67

  Shapira, Zur ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asymmetries between managers and employees; Incentive contracts; Monitoring; Time constraints; Time horizon

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947666893     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009945503527     Document Type: Article

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