Women on the boards of listed companies: Evidence from Finland

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 571-593

  Virtanen, Aila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Female directors; Finland; Gender differences

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867196532     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-010-9164-z     Document Type: Article

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