Corporate board attributes, team effectiveness and financial performance

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 704-731

  Payne, G Tyge ^a,b   Benson, George S ^c   Finegold, David L ^d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 65349141929     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2008.00819.x     Document Type: Article

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