Women on French corporate board of directors: How do they differ from their male counterparts?

Journal of Applied Business Research

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 489-507

  Dang, Rey ^a   Bender, Anne Françoise ^b   Scotto, Marie José ^c  

^a LA ROCHELLE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b University of Paris Cité   (France)

^c IPAG Business School ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Board composition; Boards of directors; Corporate governance; Diversity; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894706233     PISSN: 08927626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.19030/jabr.v30i2.8420     Document Type: Article

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