Women advancing onto the corporate board

Handbook on Women in Business and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 304-329

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

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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