This paper examines the gender diversity in corporate boardrooms in Asia and the Pacific and how the diversity affects corporate performance. We find that boardroom gender diversity is low in Asia with 7.5% female representation on average in 2012, but showing a 1.8% improvement in 2013. The appointment of female directors and a gender-diverse boardroom are on average positively associated with...

In this brief editorial the editor provides (a) a commentary on advancing the scholarship on diversity in higher education, (b) an acknowledgment of the outstanding work of the inaugural editor and editorial board, and (c) a vision for the growth and advancement of the Journal of Diversity in Higher Education (JDHE). An abbreviated content analysis of the first 4 volumes of JDHE is provided, al...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect board human capital diversity on corporate innovation. Moreover, it examines moderating internal social relationship between and Design/methodology/approach hypotheses are tested using a data set Standard & Poor’s 1500 firms from 2000 2015. To overcome omit variable bias reverse causality, uses change-on-change regression by exp...

Bad management practices that occur in the industry cause a lot of harm to many parties. due managers' efforts manipulate profits. are carried out by will be aggravated if majority shareholders participate press managers make profit manipulation so earning quality becomes low. The purpose this research is find how ownership concentration affects earnings and determine ability directors reduce i...