Top Management Team Functional Diversity and Firm Performance: The Moderating Role of CEO Characteristics

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 151-177

  Buyl, Tine ^a   Boone, Christophe ^a   Hendriks, Walter ^b   Matthyssens, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 78649704510     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2010.00932.x     Document Type: Article

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