The complex relation between director independence and board effectiveness

Corporate Governance

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 58-83

  Van Den Berghe, L A A ^a   Baelden, Tom ^b  

^a VLERICK BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Belgium)

^b Belgian Directors' Institute   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Decision making; Group dynamics; Management effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 28344431925     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700510630068     Document Type: Article

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