Social Comparison and Reciprocity in Director Compensation

Journal of Management

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1578-1603

  Boivie, Steven ^a   Bednar, Michael K ^b   Barker, Steven B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

benefits; boards of directors; bonuses; compensation; top management teams; upper echelon

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938355030     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206312460680     Document Type: Article

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