The remuneration committee and strategic human resource management

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 225-238

  Main, Brian G M ^a   Jackson, Calvin ^b   Pymm, John ^b   Wright, Vicky ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Watson Wyatt ^*

^c MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board processes; CEOs; Compensation committee; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 49749124594     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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