The use and effectiveness of top executive dismissal

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 9-28

  Hilger, Stefan ^a   Mankel, Stephanie ^a   Richter, Ansgar ^a  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Executive failure; Leader succession; Review; Top executive dismissal

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872394723     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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