Executive compensation in North American high-technology firms: A contextual approach

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1534-1552

  Berrone, Pascual ^a   Makri, Marianna ^b   Gomez Mejia, Luis R ^c  

^a IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Executive compensation; Family firms; Global factors; Innovation

Indexed keywords

EID: 50349094845     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190802200314     Document Type: Review

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