Women directors on top UK boards

Corporate Governance

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 206-216

  Singh, Val ^a   Vinnicombe, Susan ^a   Johnson, Phyl ^b  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boards; Directors; Female; FTSE 100; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040082112     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00248     Document Type: Article

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