CEO duality leadership and corporate diversification behavior

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1173-1180

  Kim, Kong Hee ^a   Al Shammari, Hussam A ^b   Kim, Bongjin ^c   Lee, Seung Hyun ^d  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO duality; Corporate governance mechanisms; Unrelated diversification

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949106099     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2008.10.017     Document Type: Article

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