The gender composition of boards after an IPO

Corporate Governance

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 11-17

  Dimovski, William ^a   Brooks, Robert ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Boards of Directors; Corporate governance; Gender; Women directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644897858     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700610649427     Document Type: Article

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