Women on board, firm financial performance and agency costs

Asian Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 113-127

  Wellalage, Nirosha Hewa ^a   Locke, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agency costs; Emerging market; Financial performance; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 85126541842     PISSN: 22106723     EISSN: 22106731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13520-012-0020-x     Document Type: Article

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