Additions to corporate boards: The effect of gender

Journal of Corporate Finance

Volumn 11, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 85-106

  Farrell, Kathleen A ^a   Hersch, Philip L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board composition; Board of directors; Diversity; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 12344281903     PISSN: 09291199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2003.12.001     Document Type: Article

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