Women on board: Female board membership as a form of elite democratization

Enterprise and Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 252-284

  Heemskerk, Eelke Michiel ^a   Fennema, Meindert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84900854128     PISSN: 14672227     EISSN: 14672235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/es/kht136     Document Type: Article

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