Narcissistic CEOs and executive compensation

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 218-231

  O'Reilly, Charles A ^a   Doerr, Bernadette ^b   Caldwell, David F ^c   Chatman, Jennifer A ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO; Executive compensation; Leadership; Narcissism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897658974     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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