relationship with management and the audit committee. Design/methodology/approach – Results are based on a critical comparison of … guidelines. Findings – With respect to the internal audit function's relationship with management, threats identified include …

In this dissertation I investigate whether managers alter the linguistic tone of their earnings announcements to … increase the value of their stock options. Empirical research finds evidence that managers use optimistic tone to signal future … announcements and short-window abnormal returns. The market reaction to optimistic tone suggests that managers can profit from using …

Nardelli, the lives of these high ranking corporate managers have been extensively scrutinized. However, despite the numerous … has always centered on upper level management. From wondering how much the store manager at my first job got paid, to … considered for an executive level management position in the future. To do so, the most effective means appeared to be to …

-year female management students evaluated strategies for the same workplace dilemmas as senior women managers (Barrett 2004 … managers may be less influenced than senior women managers by the gender of the speaker in evaluating whether specific …). Findings - For short and medium term dilemmas students, like senior women managers, regarded masculine communication strategies …

seemed to go from strength to strength under the leadership of Mr. Arthur Brown assisted by his senior management team of … which none more prominent than Mr. Graham Maddock. The group’s main business is Fidentia Asset Management (FAM) which … Authority (TETA) invested R200,3 million and R1,2 billion of the Mineworkers Provident Fund was placed under its’ management in …

influence over management and the diversity of directors’ pre-meeting positions increase the polarization effect. The relative …

management group more than did analyzers. They were also bigger, their managers faced more employment risks, and they paid their …We compare top management compensation among prospector, defender, and analyzer strategic types, and the effects of … differences in managers' employment risks, firm performance, and firm size. Prospectors performed better and they paid their top …