CEO performance evaluation systems: Empirical findings from the Italian health service

Public Money and Management

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 369-376

  Caldarelli, Adele ^a   Fiondella, Clelia ^b   Maffei, Marco ^a   Spanò, Rosanna ^c   Aria, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agency theory; chief executive officers (CEOs); healthcare governance; performance evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879997001     PISSN: 09540962     EISSN: 14679302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817129     Document Type: Article

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