Above the glass ceiling: When are women and racial/ethnic minorities promoted to CEO?

Strategic Management Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1080-1089

  Cook, Alison ^a   Glass, Christy ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

gender; leadership; organizations; race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

FIRM PERFORMANCE; GENDER; GLASS CEILING; LEADERSHIP; RACE/ETHNICITY;

GLASS;

EID: 84901912257     PISSN: 01432095     EISSN: 10970266     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smj.2161     Document Type: Article

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