CEO succession, gender and risk taking

Gender in Management

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 499-512

  Elsaid, Eahab ^a   Ursel, Nancy D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; CEO gender; CEO succession; Chief executives; Corporate risk taking; North America; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053320755     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17542411111175478     Document Type: Article

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