TY  - JOUR 
TI  - Asimetrías de información entre agente y principal de las universidades chilenas
JO  - ESTUDIOS GERENCIALES;Vol. 28 No. 122 - Enero/Marzo 2012
PB  - Universidad Icesi
PY  - 2012
issn 01235923
AB  - This research work is aimed at determining whether there are any informational asymmetries
between the presidents and the members of collegial bodies in Chilean universities. The framework
of agency theory, in which the president of a university plays the role of agent while the
collegial body serves as principal, assumes that this kind of asymmetry exists. The methodology
was based on a closed-ended questionnaire where respondents had to demonstrate their
knowledge of supposedly basic topics related to management performance. The results provide
compelling evidence confirming the agency theory, which contends that an agent holds more
information than a member of a collegial body, and, if internal, the member’s knowledge
exceeds that of external members.

KW  - FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS ADMINISTRATIVAS Y ECONÓMICAS
KW  - PRODUCCIÓN INTELECTUAL REGISTRADA - UNIVERSIDAD ICESI
KW  - ASIMETRIA DE INFORMACION
KW  - PRINCIPAL-AGENTE
KW  - TEORIA DE LA AGENCIA
KW  - INFORMATIONAL ASYMMETRIES
KW  - UNIVERSITIES
KW  - AGENCY THEORY; AGENT AND PRINCIPAL
UR  - http://www.icesi.edu.co/revistas/index.php/estudios_gerenciales/article/view/1163
ER  -