Does female representation on boards of directors associate with Fortune's "100 best companies to work for" list?

Business and Society

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 235-248

  Bernardi, Richard A ^a   Bosco, Susan M ^a   Vassill, Katie M ^b,c  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Premcor Refining Group Inc   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Female representation; Fortune's best companies

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646684760     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650305283332     Document Type: Article

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