Directors' remuneration: The need for a geo-political perspective

Personnel Review

Volumn 33, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 561-582

  Kakabadse, Nada K ^a   Kakabadse, Andrew ^b   Kouzmin, Alexander ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chief executives; Incentive schemes; Remuneration

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744277361     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00483480410550161     Document Type: Review

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