Fatherhood and managerial style: How a male CEO'S children affect the wages of his employees

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 669-693

  Dahl, Michael S ^a   Dezso, Cristian L ^b   Ross, David Gaddis ^c  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Columbia Business School ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

CEOs; Gender; Organizational demographics; Top management teams; Values; Wages; Work and family

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876438586     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839212466521     Document Type: Article

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