The impact of CEO status diffusion on the economic outcomes of other senior managers

Organization Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 457-474

  Graffin, Scott D ^a   Wade, James B ^b   Porac, Joseph F ^c   McNamee, Robert C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d RUTGERS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO celebrity; Compensation; Status; Status leakage; Top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349131414     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.1080.0354     Document Type: Article

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