Gender diversity on UK boards: Exploring Resistance to Quotas

Diversity Quotas, Diverse Perspectives: The Case of Gender

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 135-147

  Doldor, Elena ^a  

^a Cranfield's International Centre for Women Leaders   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 85106474755     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781315577739-16     Document Type: Chapter

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