Number of directors and financial performance: A meta-analysis

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 674-686

  Dalton, Dan R ^b   Daily, Catherine M ^b   Johnson, Jonathan L ^b   Ellstrand, Alan E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b California State University ^*

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EID: 0033474391     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/256988     Document Type: Article

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