The influence of gender diversity on corporate performance

Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish Accounting Review

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-88

  Gallego Álvarez, Isabel ^a   García Sánchez, Isabel María ^a   Rodríguez Dominguez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Corporate performance; Gender diversity; Panel data

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649816251     PISSN: 11384891     EISSN: 19884672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1138-4891(10)70012-1     Document Type: Article

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