Taking it from the top: How CEOs influence (and fail to influence) their boards

Organization Studies

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1275-1311

  Maitlis, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Board; CEO; Governance; Influence; Orchestra; Process research

Indexed keywords

EID: 7544220574     PISSN: 01708406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0170840604046318     Document Type: Article

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