“Oh lord, won’t you buy me a mercedes-benz”: How compensation practices are undermining the credibility of executive leaders

The Quest for Moral Leaders: Essays on Leadership Ethics

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 80-97

  Conger, Jay A ^a,b  

^a Pitzer College   (United States)

^b LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70350588741     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4337/9781845427993.00013     Document Type: Chapter

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