Does boardroom gender diversity matter? Evidence from a transitional economy

International Review of Economics and Finance

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 184-202

  Nguyen, Tuan ^a,b   Locke, Stuart ^a   Reddy, Krishna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b DALAT UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Board gender diversity; Corporate governance; Financial performance; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928667982     PISSN: 10590560     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iref.2014.11.022     Document Type: Article

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