Recategorization into the In-group: The Appointment of Demographically Different New Directors and Their Subsequent Positions on Corporate Boards

Administrative Science Quarterly

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 240-270

  Zhu, David H ^a   Shen, Wei ^a   Hillman, Amy J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

board committees; demographic differences; directors; diversity; ethnic minority; female; gender; recategorization; social ties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899838513     PISSN: 00018392     EISSN: 19303815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0001839214530951     Document Type: Article

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