Female hospitality executives and their effects on firm performance

Tourism and Hospitality Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 143-151

  Gröschl, Stefan ^a   Arcot, Sridhar ^a  

^a ESSEC BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

Author keywords

critical mass; financial firm performance; Gender diversity; hotel industry; top management teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906689215     PISSN: 14673584     EISSN: 17429692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1467358414538997     Document Type: Article

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