How does CEO tenure matter? the mediating role of firm-employee and firm-customer relationships

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 492-511

  Luo, Xueming ^a,b   Kanuri, Vamsi K ^c   Andrews, Michelle ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO tenure; customer relationships; employee relationships; firm performance; performance volatility

Indexed keywords

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

CEO TENURE; CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS; EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIPS; FIRM PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE VOLATILITY;

PUBLIC RELATIONS;

EID: 84895929083     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2112     Document Type: Article

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