Where are all the women? institutional context and the prevalence of women on the corporate board of directors

Business and Society

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 531-555

  Grosvold, Johanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

boards of directors; corporate governance; institutional context; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052067219     PISSN: 00076503     EISSN: 14678594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0007650311408791     Document Type: Article

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