Characteristics of CEOs and corporate boards with women inside directors

Corporate Board: Role, Duties and Composition

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 14-21

  Zelechowski, Deborah Dahlen ^a   Bilimoria, Diana ^b  

^a ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agency theory; Corporate governance; Inside (executive) directors; Stewardship theory; Women directors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875758593     PISSN: 18108601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22495/cbv2i2art2     Document Type: Article

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