Corporate governance and chief executive officer compensation

Corporate Governance

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-152

  Petra, Steven T ^a   Dorata, Nina T ^b  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Compensation; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 42149116356     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700810863779     Document Type: Article

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