Purpose: Cross-organizational cultural intelligence (COCI) is conceptualized as an ability of individuals to interact effectively with persons from different organizational cultures. To deal with culture differences in cross-organizational context, organizations need to select employees with...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose and evaluate a new matching sample comparison method, the industry size peer matching method. Design/methodology/approach – Based on archival financial data from Compustat and econometric methods, the paper first validates that such a method...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the impact of tenure on earnings management. Design/methodology/approach – Analytical model; multivariate regression analysis. Findings – The paper predicts that managers are conservative in managing earnings when they first start to...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore how networks of boards of directors affect relative performance evaluation (RPE) in chief executive officer (CEO) compensation. Design/methodology/approach – In this study, the authors propose that an interlocking network is an important...