Too Good to be True: Board Structural Independence as a Moderator of CEO Pay-for-Firm-Performance

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 487-513

  Capezio, Alessandra ^a   Shields, John ^b   O'Donnell, Michael ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

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EID: 79953067378     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2009.00895.x     Document Type: Article

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