Does board gender diversity have a financial impact? Evidence using stock portfolio performance

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 709-723

  Chapple, Larelle ^a   Humphrey, Jacquelyn E ^b  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Financial performance; Gender diversity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879715722     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1785-0     Document Type: Article

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