Gender Diversity in the Boardroom and Firm Performance: What Exactly Constitutes a "Critical Mass?"

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-72

  Joecks, Jasmin ^a   Pull, Kerstin ^a   Vetter, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diversity; Gender; Performance; Supervisory board

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888129828     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1553-6     Document Type: Article

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