Gender and ethnic diversity among UK corporate boards

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 393-403

  Brammer, Stephen ^b   Millington, Andrew ^a   Pavelin, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boards; Directors; Diversity; Ethnicity; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947234608     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00569.x     Document Type: Article

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