The Contribution, Power and Influence of Part-time Board Members

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 160-179

  McNulty, Terry ^a   Pettigrew, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Chairpersons; Influence; Non executive directors; Power

Indexed keywords

EID: 0642379493     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.1996.tb00145.x     Document Type: Article

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