Strength in numbers or guilt by association? Intragroup effects of female chief executive announcements

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1488-1501

  Dixon Fowler, Heather R ^a   Ellstrand, Alan E ^b   Johnson, Jonathan L ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

entitativity; executive succession; female executives; media effects

Indexed keywords

PLANNING;

ENTITATIVITY; EVENT STUDIES; EXECUTIVE SUCCESSION; FEMALE EXECUTIVES; GUILT BY ASSOCIATIONS; INTRA-GROUP; MEDIA EFFECTS; TEXT ANALYSIS;

MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84886601658     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2076     Document Type: Article

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