Mobility and cash compensation: The moderating effects of gender, race, and executive search firms

Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 651-681

  Dreher, George F ^a   Lee, Jeong Yeon ^b   Clerkin, Thomas A ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY COLUMBUS   (United States)

Author keywords

compensation; executive search firms; mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954475653     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310365728     Document Type: Article

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