The Impact of Board Diversity and Gender Composition on Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Reputation

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 207-221

  Bear, Stephen ^a   Rahman, Noushi ^a   Post, Corinne ^b  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

board diversity; boards of directors; corporate reputation; corporate social responsibility; gender composition

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349304300     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0505-2     Document Type: Article

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