Legitimacy and corporate governance determinants of executives' remuneration disclosures

Corporate Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-72

  Liu, Jinghui ^a   Taylor, Dennis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Compensation; Corporate governance; Remuneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 40249103788     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700810853400     Document Type: Article

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