A little help here? Board control, CEO identification with the corporate elite, and strategic help provided to CEOs at other firms

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 343-370

  McDonald, Michael L ^a   Westphal, James D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 77951701959     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.49389006     Document Type: Article

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