Ethnic diversity on top corporate boards: A resource dependency perspective

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2128-2146

  Singh, Val ^a  

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Author keywords

Boards; Directors; Ethnicity; Human capital; Social capital; UK

Indexed keywords

EID: 37049017596     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585190701695275     Document Type: Article

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