Institutional antecedents of corporate governance legitimacy

Journal of Management

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 765-785

  Judge, William Q ^a   Douglas, Thomas J ^b   Kutan, Ali M ^b  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance legitimacy; Corruption; Global competitiveness; Institutional theory; Law and order

Indexed keywords

EID: 47749128179     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308318615     Document Type: Article

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