Women on corporate boards around the world: Triggers and barriers

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1051-1065

  Chizema, Amon ^a   Kamuriwo, Dzidziso S ^b   Shinozawa, Yoshikatsu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Board of directors; Female directors; Social institutions; Social role theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939504726     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2015.07.005     Document Type: Article

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