Framing controversial actions: Regulatory focus, source credibility, and stock market reaction to poison pill adoption

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1734-1758

  Rhee, Eunice Y ^a   Fiss, Peer C ^b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84918539554     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2012.0686     Document Type: Review

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