Gender diversity in the boardroom and firm financial performance

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 435-451

  Campbell, Kevin ^a   Mínguez Vera, Antonio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Corporate governance; Endogeneity; Firm value; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349137049     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-007-9630-y     Document Type: Article

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