Gender quotas on corporate boards: On the diffusion of a distinct national policy reform

Comparative Social Research

Volumn 29, Issue , 2012, Pages 115-146

  Teigen, Mari ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Equality policy; Gender; Path dependency; Quotas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885855830     PISSN: 01956310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S0195-6310(2012)0000029008     Document Type: Article

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