A few good women - On top management teams

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1712-1720

  Krishnan, Hema A ^a   Park, Daewoo ^a  

^a XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fortune 1000 firms; Performance; Top management teams; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 27744605080     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2004.09.003     Document Type: Article

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