Institutional activism types and CEO compensation: A time-series analysis of large Canadian corporations

Journal of Management

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-36

  Chowdhury, Shamsud D ^a   Wang, Eric Zengxiang ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Board characteristics; CEO compensation; Corporate governance; Institutional activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849107509     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206308326772     Document Type: Article

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