Should Independent Board Members with Social Ties to Management Disqualify Themselves from Serving on the Board?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 399-423

  Hoitash, Udi ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO compensation; corporate governance; financial reporting quality; independent directors; social network; social ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 79953048455     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0660-5     Document Type: Article

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