A road less traveled: Investigating the outside directors of America's corporate boards

Using human capital theory and social capital theory, I develop a model to explain the circumstances surrounding outside director appointments, patterns of outside board affiliations and outside director exits. I investigate why individuals become outside directors, why they continue to serve as dir...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lester, Richard H.
Other Authors: Cannella, Albert A., Jr.
Format: Others
Language:en_US
Published: Texas A&M University 2004
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/493