Top management teams and corporate political activity: Do top management teams have influence on corporate political activity?

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1196-1201

  Ozer, Mine ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO tenure; Corporate political activity; Top management team heterogeneity

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956871173     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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