How international are executive boards of European MNCs? Nationality diversity in 15 European countries

European Management Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 188-198

  van Veen, Kees ^a   Marsman, Ilse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

European Union; Executive board; Internationalization; Managerial labour market; Nationality diversity; Top Management Team; Upper Echelon Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 44649165731     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2007.12.001     Document Type: Article

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