R&D Intensity and Economic Recession: Investigating the Moderating Role of CEO Characteristics

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 284-293

  Yunlu, Dilek Gulistan ^a   Murphy, Dianne D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO characteristics; contingency theory; R D spending; recession; upper echelons theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868658161     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051812442966     Document Type: Article

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