An institution-based view of executive compensation: A multilevel meta-analytic test

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 396-423

  Van Essen, Marc ^a   Heugens, Pursey P M A R ^b   Otten, Jordan ^b   Van Oosterhout, J ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CEO compensation; hierarchical linear modeling; institutional environment; institutions and international business; meta analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860811913     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jibs.2012.6     Document Type: Article

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