TY - BOOK ID - 8280655 TI - Diversity and the effective corporate board AU - Mishra, Ram Kumar. AU - Jhunjhunwala, Shital PY - 2013 SN - 0124104975 0124105327 1299482686 PB - Oxford : Academic Press, DB - UniCat KW - Directors of corporations KW - Corporate governance KW - Diversity in the workplace KW - Management KW - Commerce KW - Business & Economics KW - Marketing & Sales KW - Industrial Management KW - Diversity in the workplace. KW - Boards of directors. KW - Boards of supervision (Corporation law) KW - Associations, institutions, etc. KW - Cultural diversity in the workplace KW - Cultural diversity in workforce KW - Diversity in the workforce KW - Diversity in the work place KW - Multicultural diversity in the workplace KW - Multicultural workforce KW - Workforce diversity KW - Multiculturalism KW - Personnel management KW - Corporate governance. KW - Directors of corporations. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8280655 AB - The book discusses the various aspects of diversity of corporate boards in terms of gender, age, nationality, tenure, education, experience and personalities. It enumerates the need for such diversity in each category and related concerns. Statistics from around the world support the authors' claims. The nine chapters in this short book have not been previously published. Explains the dimensions of board diversity and ways to use them to increase effectiveness. Supports its findings with statistics from around the world.Relevant for researchers and prof ER -