Director identity in pre- and post-crisis Iceland: effects of board life stage and gender

Gender in Management

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 572-594

  Jonsdottir, Thoranna ^a   Singh, Val ^b   Terjesen, Siri ^c,d   Vinnicombe, Susan ^e,f  

^a Reykjavik University   (Iceland)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Sweden)

^e CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Directors; Economic change; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941647281     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/GM-07-2015-0064     Document Type: Article

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