The ideology of executive bonuses: An historical perspective

Journal of Management History

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 315-331

  Spector, Bert ^a,b   Spital, Francis C ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Bonuses; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900530431     PISSN: 17511348     EISSN: 17587751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17511341111141387     Document Type: Article

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