Gender diversity in management: Curvilinear relationships to reconcile findings

Gender in Management

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 583-597

  de Luis Carnicer, Pilar ^a   Martínez Sánchez, Ángel ^a   Pérez Pérez, Manuela ^a   Vela Jiménez, María José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Equal opportunities; Organizational performance; Senior management; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949096816     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542410810912708     Document Type: Article

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