A decade of corporate women: Some progress in the boardroom, none in the executive suite

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 93-100

  Daily, Catherine M ^a   Certo, S Trevis ^a   Dalton, Dan R ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Female CEOs; Female directors; Glass ceiling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001847471     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0266(199901)20:1<93::aid-smj18>3.0.co;2-7     Document Type: Article

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