The Compensation Committee Process

Contemporary Accounting Research

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 666-709

  Hermanson, Dana R ^a   Tompkins, James G ^a   Veliyath, Rajaram ^a   Ye, Zhongxia ^a  

^a KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84860991916     PISSN: 08239150     EISSN: 19113846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3846.2011.01118.x     Document Type: Article

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