Conflicting objectives within the board: Evidence from overlapping audit and compensation committee members

Group Decision and Negotiation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-73

  Hoitash, Udi ^a   Hoitash, Rani ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Audit Committee; CEO compensation; Committee separation; Compensation Committee; Financial reporting quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 58849155519     PISSN: 09262644     EISSN: 15729907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10726-008-9125-y     Document Type: Article

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