Board diversity and organizational valuation: unravelling the effects of ethnicity and gender

Journal of Management and Governance

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 167-195

  Ntim, Collins G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board diversity; Endogeneity; Ethnicity and gender; Organizational governance; Organizational valuation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885550401     PISSN: 13853457     EISSN: 1572963X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10997-013-9283-4     Document Type: Article

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