Managerial share ownership and operating performance: Do independent and executive directors have different incentives?

Australian Journal of Management

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 47-71

  Khan, Arifur ^a   Mather, Paul ^b   Balachandran, Balasingham ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Entrenchment; incentive alignment; managerial share ownership; performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893701571     PISSN: 03128962     EISSN: 13272020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0312896212463152     Document Type: Article

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