National institutional systems as antecedents of female board representation: An empirical study

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 116-135

  Grosvold, Johanne ^a   Brammer, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board Demography; Corporate Board Diversity; Corporate Governance; Institutional Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952137214     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2010.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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