Corporate governance and chief executive officer dismissal following poor performance: Australian evidence

Accounting and Finance

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 161-182

  Lau, James ^a   Sinnadurai, Philip ^a   Wright, Sue ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Chief executive officer dismissal; Corporate governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 59349091013     PISSN: 08105391     EISSN: 1467629X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-629X.2008.00278.x     Document Type: Article

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