Board Diversity and Financial Performance in the Top 500 Australian Firms

Australian Accounting Review

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 413-427

  Vafaei, Alireza ^a   Ahmed, Kamran ^a   Mather, Paul ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84951730646     PISSN: 10356908     EISSN: 18352561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/auar.12068     Document Type: Article

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