Top management conservatism and corporate risk strategies: Evidence from managers' personal political orientation and corporate tax avoidance

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1918-1938

  Christensen, Dane M ^a   Dhaliwal, Dan S ^b,c   Boivie, Steven ^d   Graffin, Scott D ^e  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO TMT decision making; political orientation; risk; tax avoidance; upper echelons

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MANAGERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; RISKS; TAXATION;

CEO TURNOVERS; POLITICAL ORIENTATION; RISK STRATEGIES; TAX AVOIDANCE; TOP EXECUTIVE; TOP MANAGEMENT; TOP MANAGEMENT TEAMS; UPPER ECHELONS;

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84944768890     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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