Winning the tournament for named professorships in management

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1843-1863

  Gomez Mejia, Luis ^a   Trevino, Len J ^b   Mixon Jr , Franklin G ^c  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MERCER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elite management journals; Named professorships; Procedural justice; Tournament theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349678538     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190903142316     Document Type: Article

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