Women on boards and firm performance

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 491-509

  Lückerath Rovers, Mijntje ^a,b  

^a NYENRODE BUSINESS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Board composition; Gender diversity; Governance; Performance; Resource dependence theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875455980     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-011-9186-1     Document Type: Article

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