Inducements and motives at the top: A holistic perspective on the drivers of executive behavior

Academy of Management Annals

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 669-702

  Wowak, Adam J ^a   Gomez Mejia, Luis R ^b   Steinbach, Adam L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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EID: 85037093363     PISSN: 19416520     EISSN: 19416067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/annals.2015.0121     Document Type: Article

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