Dealing with celebrity and accountability in the top job

Human Resource Management

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 671-682

  Ranft, Annette L ^a   Ferris, Gerald R ^a,b   Perryman, Alexa A ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Management ^*

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EID: 38049103789     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.20187     Document Type: Article

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