Managerial compensation and firm performance: The moderating role of firm strategy as a proxy of managerial discretion

Management Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-148

  Marín, Gregorio Sánchez ^a   Sánchez, Antonio Aragón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 73149107592     PISSN: 15365433     EISSN: 15580946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/15365430580001318     Document Type: Article

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