Gender Diversity on European Banks' Boards of Directors

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-162

  de Cabo, Ruth Mateos ^a,b   Gimeno, Ricardo ^b,c,d   Nieto, María J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN PABLO CEU   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c BANCO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PONTIFICIA COMILLAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Banks; Board of directors; Corporate governance; Discrimination; Gender diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865444276     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1112-6     Document Type: Article

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