Investor reaction to women directors

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 888-894

  Kang, Eugene ^a   Ding, David K ^b   Charoenwong, Charlie ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Firm performance; Gender diversity; Investors' reactions; Women directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954213230     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.06.008     Document Type: Article

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