Hidden Connections: The Link Between Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Social Performance

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 185-197

  Boulouta, Ioanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board gender diversity; Corporate social performance; Empathy; Ethics of care; Feminist ethics; Gender stereotypes; Social role theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875744371     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1293-7     Document Type: Article

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