African-American diversity in the boardrooms of the US fortune 500: Director presence, expertise and committee membership

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 558-575

  Peterson, Craig A ^a   Philpot, James ^b   O'Shaughnessy, K C ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Business ethics; Directors; United States

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547306706     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2007.00588.x     Document Type: Article

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