New perspectives on board research: Changing the research agenda

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-28

  Huse, Morten ^a   Hoskisson, Robert ^b   Zattoni, Alessandro ^c,d   Viganò, Riccardo ^e  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^d BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Behavioral theory; Board processes; Boards of directors; Research issues; Research methods; Social identity theory; Team production theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 78751597993     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-009-9122-9     Document Type: Article

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