Investing with prejudice: The relationship between women's presence on company boards and objective and subjective measures of company performance

British Journal of Management

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 484-497

  Haslam, S Alexander ^a   Ryan, Michelle K ^a   Kulich, Clara ^b   Trojanowski, Grzegorz ^b   Atkins, Cate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77953966851     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8551.2009.00670.x     Document Type: Article

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