The chemistry factor in the Chairman/CEO relationship

European Management Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 285-296

  Kakabadse, Andrew P ^a   Kakabadse, Nada K ^b   Knyght, Reeves ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board dynamics; Chairman CEO relationship; Narrative; Philos; Relational chemistry; Sense making

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955275579     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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