Board diversity and managerial control as predictors of corporate social performance

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 1595-1603

  Coffey, Betty S ^a   Wang, Jia ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032325868     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1005748230228     Document Type: Article

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