Toward a social capital theory of director selection

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 282-293

  Kim, Yangmin ^a   Cannella Jr , Albert A ^b  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board processes; Board structure; Research dependence theory; Social capital; Stewardship theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 54749109529     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2008.00693.x     Document Type: Article

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