Boards of Directors under Public Ownership : A Comparative Perspective

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de Gruyter Studies in Organization ; 15

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Frontmatter -- -- Acknowledgements -- -- Contents -- -- List of Tables and Figures -- -- Introduction -- -- Chapter One. Problems of Public Ownership -- -- Chapter Two. Controversy Over the Board of Directors -- -- Chapter Three. Some Existing Practices -- -- Chapter Four. Fresh Research in Britain and Israel -- -- Chapter Five. Board Members' Goal Orientations -- -- Chapter Six. Board Members' Attitudes Toward Governmental Control -- -- Chapter Seven. Board Members’ Perceptions of the Functions of the Board -- -- Chapter Eight. Role-Stress Among the Chief Executives -- -- Chapter Nine. Implications of the Research Findings -- -- Chapter Ten. Different Boards for Differing Situations -- -- Appendix A. Corporations included in the sample -- -- Appendix B. The interview schedule -- -- Appendix C. The questionnaire for measuring role-stress (Means and standard deviations for each item) -- -- Appendix D. Technical note on the content analysis -- -- Appendix E. Method for the clustering of responses concerning the appropriate loci of decision/approval -- -- Appendix F. The clustering of responses on appropriate locus of decision (percentages) -- -- Appendix G. The clustering of responses on appropriate locus of approval (percentages) -- -- Appendix H. The measurement of conflicting expectations -- -- Appendix I. The indices of role-stress -- -- References -- -- Author Index -- -- Subject Index -- -- Backmatter

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10.1515/9783110856729 [DOI]

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