Women directors' contribution to board decision-making and strategic involvement: The role of equality perception

European Management Review

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-29

  Nielsen, Sabina ^a,b   Huse, Morten ^c,d  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Board decision making; Board strategic involvement; Equality perception; Women directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951051964     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/emr.2009.27     Document Type: Article

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