Gender equality and corporate governance: Policy strategies in Norway and New Zealand

Gender, Work and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 613-630

  Casey, Catherine ^a   Skibnes, Renate ^a   Pringle, Judith K ^a  

^a Faculty of Business and Law   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Gender equality; Labour markets; New Zealand; Norway

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CORPORATE STRATEGY; GENDER DISPARITY; GENDER ISSUE; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LABOR MARKET; OECD; POLICY STRATEGY;

NEW ZEALAND; NORWAY;

EID: 80053209842     PISSN: 09686673     EISSN: 14680432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0432.2010.00514.x     Document Type: Article

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