Newly appointed directors in the boardroom:. How do women and men differ?

European Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-58

  Singh, Val ^a   Terjesen, Siri ^b   Vinnicombe, Susan ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Careers; Corporate boards; Corporate governance; Diversity; Female directors; FTSE 100; Gender; Glass ceiling; Human capital; Top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049104255     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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