The genesis of top management team diversity: Selective turnover among top management teams in Dutch newspaper publishing, 1970-94

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 633-656

  Boone, Christophe ^a   Van Olffen, Woody ^b   Van Witteloostuijn, Arjen ^c,d   De Brabander, Bert ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

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EID: 8144221744     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/20159609     Document Type: Article

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