Come aboard! exploring the effects of directorships in the executive labor market

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1681-1706

  Boivie, Steven ^a   Graffin, Scott D ^b   Oliver, Abbie G ^b   Withers, Michael C ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84990935014     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2014.0840     Document Type: Article

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