Women in top management and agency costs

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-186

  Jurkus, Anthony F ^a   Park, Jung Chul ^a   Woodard, Lorraine S ^b  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Luffey Huffman and Ragsdale and Soignier (APAC)   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Competitive product market; Corporate governance; Female officers; Firm performance; Gender diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650308736     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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