Ceo career variety: Effects on firm-level strategic and social novelty

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 652-674

  Crossland, Craig ^a   Zyung, Jinyong ^b   Hiller, Nathan J ^c   Hambrick, Donald C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84903604682     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0469     Document Type: Article

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