New rationales for women on boards

Oxford Journal of Legal Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 511-542

  Choudhury, Barnali ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Corporate governance; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84906854742     PISSN: 01436503     EISSN: 14643820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ojls/gqt035     Document Type: Article

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