Document Type

Report

Key Takeaways

CEOs with military backgrounds are less likely to engage in fraudulent financial reporting and stock option backdating. • Ex-military CEOs with stronger board oversight are additionally less likely to commit financial misconduct. • Military branch, rank, and combat experience do not additionally affect likelihood of financial misconduct.

Publication Date

2019

Source

Koch-Bayram, I.F., & Wernicke, G. (2018). Drilled to Obey? Ex-Military CEOs and Financial Misconduct. Strategic Management Journal, DOI: 10.1002/smj.2946.

Disciplines

Business

Copyright

© 2019, University of South Carolina

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Business Commons

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