Not all Risk Taking is Born Equal: The Behavioral Agency Model and CEO's Perception of Firm Efficacy

Human Resource Management

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 483-498

  Martin, Geoffrey ^a   Washburn, Nathan ^b   Makri, Marianna ^c   Gomez Mejia, Luis R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Thunderbird School of Global Business   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral agency; Perceived firm efficacy; R D; Risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929573775     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21624     Document Type: Article

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