The top team: Examining board composition and firm performance

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 547-561

  Mcintyre, Michael L ^a   Murphy, Steven A ^a   Mitchell, Paul ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boards; Governance; Group dynamics; Organizational effectiveness

Indexed keywords

EID: 36148982189     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700710827149     Document Type: Article

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