Local knowledge advances women's access to corporate boards

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 836-846

  Adams, Susan M ^a   Flynn, Patricia M ^b  

^a BENTLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Bentley College ^*

Author keywords

Board composition; Board diversity; Characteristics of directors; Paths to the boardroom; Regional studies; Women on corporate boards

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744544459     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2005.00474.x     Document Type: Article

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