Why women make better directors

International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 93-99

  Bart, Chris ^a   McQueen, Gregory ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b A T STILL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex moral reasoning; Corporate governance; Defining issues test; Director recruitment; Director selection; DIT; Governance and nominating committee; Women directors; Women on boards

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875656742     PISSN: 14779048     EISSN: 1741802X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBGE.2013.052743     Document Type: Article

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