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Purpose This paper aims to examine empirically the impact of gender diversity on corporate performance by both comparing different positions occupied female directors boards and their personal-specific characteristics. Design/methodology/approach The examines a sample Italian listed companies during 2006–2015. To deal with endogeneity issues, authors use generalized method moments as an empiric...

This article reports the findings into patterns of governance on nonprofit boards in Australia. The research surveys 118 boards, upon which serve a total of 1405 directors. The findings indicate that nonprofit boards can mimic some aspects of a shareholder approach to governance. But nonprofit boards, in the main, indicate priorities and activities of a stakeholder approach to governance. The f...

This paper examines the link between CEO pay and performance employing a unique, hand-collected panel data set of 390 UK non-financial firms from the FTSE All Share Index for the period 1999-2005. We include both cash (salary and bonus) and equity-based (stock options and long-term incentive plans) components of CEO compensation in our analysis of a dynamic CEO compensation model. Different fro...

We survey non-executive directors in emerging markets to obtain detailed information about the inner workings of corporate boards across a variety institutional settings. document substantial variation structure and conduct as well directors' perceptions local legal environment. Our analysis indicates that who feel adequately empowered by legislation are less likely vote against board proposals...

This supplement to "The Family Planning Manager" introduces a case study and case discussion questions to illustrate the potential for conflict between a family planning organization's executive director and its board of directors. In this hypothetical scenario, the areas of conflict included the board's refusal to change the noncompetitive staff salary structure, private discussions between a...

This study is aimed at investigating the relationship between corporate governance attributes and director’s remuneration in Nigerian quoted firms. Specifically attempted to proffer answers questions as it relates impact of board size, firm independence, chief executive officer duality on directors' remuneration. Secondary data were extracted from financial statements accounts sampled firms for...