Antecedents of Board Composition: The Role of Nomination Committees

Corporate Governance: An International Review

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 474-489

  Kaczmarek, Szymon ^a   Kimino, Satomi ^a   Pye, Annie ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Corporate Governance; Diversity Faultline; Nomination Committee

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866165942     PISSN: 09648410     EISSN: 14678683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8683.2012.00913.x     Document Type: Article

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