The role of the non-executive director: Findings of an empirical investigation into the differences between listed and unlisted UK boards

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 667-679

  Long, Tracy ^a   Dulewicz, Victor ^b,c   Gay, Keith ^d  

^a Organisational Behaviour Faculty ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b Human Resource Management

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d Henley's Centre for Board Effectiveness   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Corporate governance; Family company; Listed; Non executive director; Unlisted; Venture capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944469079     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00458.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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