Board gender diversity and firm performance: Empirical evidence from Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore

Pacific Basin Finance Journal

Volumn 35, Issue , 2015, Pages 381-401

  Low, Daniel C M ^a   Roberts, Helen ^a   Whiting, Rosalind H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Asia; Board of directors; Diversity; Gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84947862955     PISSN: 0927538X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pacfin.2015.02.008     Document Type: Article

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