Me or we: The effects of CEO organizational identification on agency costs

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 551-576

  Boivie, Steven ^a   Lange, Donald ^b   McDonald, Michael L ^c   Westphal, James D ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 79960019909     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2011.61968081     Document Type: Article

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