Appointments, pay and performance in UK boardrooms by gender

Economic Journal

Volumn 124, Issue 574, 2014, Pages

  Gregory Smith, Ian ^a   Main, Brian G M ^b   O'Reilly, Charles A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84894316269     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: 14680297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ecoj.12102     Document Type: Article

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