Gender-related boardroom dynamics: How Scandinavian women make and can make contributions on corporate boards

Women in Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-130

  Huse, Morten ^a,b   Solberg, Anne Grethe ^a  

^a BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^b BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Corporate governance; Group dynamics; Management power; Scandinavia; Women directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644550276     PISSN: 09649425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09649420610650693     Document Type: Article

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