Do board characteristics influence impression management through graph selectivity around CEO changes?

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 17, Issue 42, 2007, Pages 84-95

  Mather, Paul ^a   Ramsay, Alan ^a  

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EID: 80053937296     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1835-2561.2007.tb00446.x     Document Type: Article

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