An Analysis of the Behavioural Dynamics of Corporate Governance - A talk-based ethnography of a UK manufacturing 'board-in-action'

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 311-326

  Samra Fredericks, Dalvir ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041407009     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8683.00210     Document Type: Article

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