Gender diversity and securities fraud

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1572-1593

  Cumming, Douglas ^a   Leung, T Y ^b   Rui, Oliver ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

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EID: 84925001226     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2013.0750     Document Type: Article

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