Gender diversity and board performance: Women's experiences and perspectives

Human Resource Management

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 265-281

  Kakabadse, Nada K ^a   Figueira, Catarina ^b   Nicolopoulou, Katerina ^c   Hong Yang, Jessica ^a   Kakabadse, Andrew P ^d   Özbilgin, Mustafa F ^e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^f KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Board diversity; Board performance; Boardroom behaviors; Corporate governance; Women representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925248681     PISSN: 00904848     EISSN: 1099050X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hrm.21694     Document Type: Article

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