Top management team diversity and performance of christian churches

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 825-843

  Perkins, D Clay ^a   Fields, Dail ^b  

^a Roanoke Bible College   (United States)

^b REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

churches; diversity; performance; top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956492472     PISSN: 08997640     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0899764009340230     Document Type: Article

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