Upheaval in the boardroom: Outside director public resignations, motivations, and consequences

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 38-52

  Dewally, Michaël ^a   Peck, Sarah W ^a  

^a MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Directors; Resignations

Indexed keywords

EID: 71349083445     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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