This paper examines the “relative” information contained in insider director transactions. We find that insider transactions of multi-company directors reflect superior information about future relative returns; that is, directors are more likely to buy (sell) stocks of firms they direct that have better (worse) future returns. Examining related issues, we find weak support that December tax lo...

BACKGROUND We previously reported the results of a study in which a basic competency examination in musculoskeletal medicine was administered to a group of recent medical school graduates. This examination was validated by 124 orthopaedic program directors, and a passing grade of 73.1% was established. According to that criterion, 82% of the examinees failed to demonstrate basic competency in m...

This study examines the situation of female directors in the top 100 UK quoted companies in the context of recent debates about occupational gender differences and the quality of corporate governance. Less than 2% of the executive directors in our sample are females and just under 9% of the non-executive directors are females. Female non-executive directors receive about two thirds the remunera...

We appreciate the helpful commerrts and suggestions of Janic» Beyer, Daniei Brass. Linda Johanson, E)awd Kang, Timothy Pollock, Wiiiiam Swann. D ^ n e Taras, Edward Zajac, and three arronymous ASQ reviewers. We atso thank /^na Maria Peredo and Douglas Vickerson for their lebrary research support. This study examines how the influence of directors who are demographic minorities on corporate boar...

This article reviews empirical studies on the relationship between independent directors and firm performance in Chinese listed companies. The purpose is to generalize empirical evidence on the theoretical claim that independent directors can improve firm performance by performing their monitoring role over management as expected by Chinese regulators. To fulfil this purpose, this article condu...

Speakers often tailor their utterances to the needs of particular addressees--a process called audience design. We argue that important aspects of audience design can be understood as emergent features of ordinary memory processes. This perspective contrasts with earlier views that presume special processes or representations. To support our account, we present a study in which Directors engage...

AIM The present study investigates the factors Nurse Executive Directors (NEDs) consider important to their effectiveness, examines whether factors identified in previous studies remain relevant and identifies themes that might inform current practice and future research. BACKGROUND Increasing competition in healthcare markets is increasing the demands on Nurse Executive Directors. There is a...

A study of the perceived prestige of a core group of library journals by directors of ARL libraries and library school deans reveals a prestige hierarchy for each group. Although in rough agreement on the rating of two-thirds of the journals, the deans and directors differ significantly on the ratings of the remaining one-third. The subset of ARL directors in institutions where librarians have ...

External network ties between CEOs and directors in major U.S. corporations may limit the e¤ectiveness of internal corporate governance. Using comprehensive biographical data on the managers and directors of S&P 1500 companies, we identify connections between directors and their …rms’CEOs through external directorships, past employment, education, and other activities (e.g. golf clubs or charit...

OBJECTIVE This study compares the views of psychiatry residency training directors about psychiatry and mental health training in the primary care programs in their institutions with those of the primary care residency training directors. METHODS A 16-item questionnaire surveying specific areas of training and perceived adequacy of current teaching was distributed to 1,544 U.S. primary care a...