Underwater stock options and voluntary executive turnover: A multidisciplinary perspective integrating behavioral and economic theories

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 687-726

  Dunford, Benjamin B ^a,d   Oler, Derek K ^b   Boudreau, John W ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 55349149030     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2008.00128.x     Document Type: Article

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