Corporate Governance Quality, Board Gender Diversity and Corporate Dividend Policy: Evidence from Jordan
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عنوان ژورنال: Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1834-2000,1834-2019
DOI: 10.14453/aabfj.v11i2.6