Sector, size, stability, and scandal: Explaining the presence of female executives in Fortune 500 firms

Gender in Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 84-104

  Brady, David ^a   Isaacs, Katelin ^b   Reeves, Martha ^a   Burroway, Rebekah ^c   Reynolds, Megan ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Congressional Research Service ^*  (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fortune 500 companies; Gender; United States of America; Women executives

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952346264     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411111109327     Document Type: Article

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