CEO ownership and effective boards: Impacts on firm outcomes

Bruce A. Walters; Mark Kroll; Peter Wright

doi:10.1177/1476127008093519

CEO ownership and effective boards: Impacts on firm outcomes

Bruce A. Walters
, Mark Kroll
, Peter Wright

Management

Louisiana Tech University
University of Memphis

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	259-283
Number of pages	25
Journal	Strategic Organization
Volume	6
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1476127008093519
State	Published - Aug 2008

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Business and International Management
Education
Industrial relations
Strategy and Management

Keywords

Agency theory
Boards of directors
CEO ownership
Corporate governance
Resource dependence theory

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