Boards of Directors Under Public Ownership - A Comparative Perspective

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

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Miriam Dornstein
• Editore: De Gruyter
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 01.01.1988
• EAN: 9783110117400
• ISBN: 978-3-11-011740-0
• Pagine: 165
• Dimensioni: 155 mm x 15 mm x 230 mm
• Peso: 370 g
• Illustrazioni: 2 b/w ill., 17 b/w tbl.
• Serie: de Gruyter Studies in Organization; De Gruyter Studies in Organization
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Economia > Economia aziendale