Hanging Together, Together Hung? Career Implications of Interpersonal Ties Between CEOs and Top Managers

Business Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 8-32

  Hilger, Stefan ^a   Richter, Ansgar ^a   Schäffer, Utz ^b  

^a EBS BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b WHU OTTO BEISHEIM SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

interpersonal ties; top executive careers; top executive turnover; top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893097184     PISSN: 21983402     EISSN: 21982627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03342740     Document Type: Article

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