A review of the gender effect on pay, corporate performance and entry into top management

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 34, Issue , 2014, Pages 41-51

  Mohan, Nancy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CEO; Compensation; Gender; Management style; Top management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904858153     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2014.06.005     Document Type: Article

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