Effective board behavior in The Netherlands

European Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 84-93

  van Ees, Hans ^a   van der Laan, Gerwin ^a   Postma, Theo J B M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Board processes; Board roles; Effective board behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849106314     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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