Agency costs and corporate philanthropic disaster response: The moderating role of women on two-tier boards - evidence from People's Republic of China

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2011-2031

  Jia, Ming ^a   Zhang, Zhe ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Board of directors; Corporate philanthropy; Supervisory board

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957812687     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2011.573975     Document Type: Article

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