Narcissism, director selection, and risk-taking spending

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 2075-2098

  Zhu, David H ^a   Chen, Guoli ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSEAD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CEO power; director selection; narcissism and personality; similarity attraction; triads and social structure

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; RISK MANAGEMENT;

CEO POWER; DIRECTOR SELECTION; NARCISSISM AND PERSONALITY; SIMILARITY-ATTRACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84945406970     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2322     Document Type: Article

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