The impact of board composition on firms' critical decisions: A meta-analytic review

Journal of Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 424-444

  Deutsch, Yuval ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Board composition; Firms' critical decisions; Meta analyses

Indexed keywords

EID: 23244465898     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206304272185     Document Type: Review

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