The Media Impact of Board Member Appointments in Spanish-Listed Companies: A Gender Perspective

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 425-438

  de Anca, Celia ^a   Gabaldon, Patricia ^a  

^a IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Corporate reputation; Females on boards; Gender quotas; Media impact; Organizational legitimacy; Signaling theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84903537831     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1768-1     Document Type: Article

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