CEO Duality: A Review and Research Agenda

Journal of Management

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 256-286

  Krause, Ryan ^a   Semadeni, Matthew ^b   Cannella, Albert A ^c  

^a TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agency theory; boards of directors; structure, design, and boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890016844     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206313503013     Document Type: Article

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