The relationship among board of director characteristics, corporate social performance and corporate financial performance

International Journal of Managerial Finance

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 407-423

  Paul, Dunn ^a   Barbara, Sainty ^a  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boards of Directors; Canada Paper type Research paper; Corporate social responsibility; Financial performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350280230     PISSN: 17439132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17439130910987558     Document Type: Article

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