Human capital and professional network effects on women’s odds of corporate board directorships

Gender in Management

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 523-550

  Hodigere, Renuka ^a   Bilimoria, Diana ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA   (India)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boards of directors; Directors; Gender; Networking

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941650545     PISSN: 17542413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/GM-07-2015-0063     Document Type: Article

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