The Politics of Shareholder Activism in Nigeria

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 105, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 389-402

  Adegbite, Emmanuel ^a   Amaeshi, Kenneth ^b   Amao, Olufemi ^c  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Elliott Jaques Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corruption; Institutional theory; Nigeria; Politics; Shareholder activism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855866683     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0974-y     Document Type: Article

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