Purpose This study aims to examine the association between board gender diversity (BGD) and workplace relative importance of various firm characteristics in predicting diversity. Design/methodology/approach With a novel machine learning (ML) approach, this models three variables BGD using social media data set approximately 250,000 employee reviews. Using tools explainable artificial intelligen...

Diverse boards have been seen as providing impetus for initiating change. However, diversity may introduce conflict and impede decision making, which could hinder the ability of the firm to make strategic change, especially in times when firm performance is low. Integrating threat-rigidity theory and team diversity research, we examine how board gender diversity, firm performance, and the power...

Diverse boards have been seen as providing impetus for initiating change. However, diversity may introduce conflict and impede decision-making, which could hinder the ability of the firm to make strategic change, especially in times when firm performance is low. Integrating threat-rigidity theory and team diversity research, we examine how board gender diversity, firm performance, and the power...

In this study, we investigate the effect of board gender diversity on decision to disclose carbon emissions voluntarily. Using an international sample consisting 22,841 firm-year observations from 38 countries for period 2010–2019, determine existence a positive relationship between percentage female directors and disclosure. This evidence supports agency resource dependency theories, as divers...

Abstract This study investigates the relationship between board gender diversity and sustainability performance using a sample of 205 Nordic‐listed firms across countries Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden over period 2002–2020. Drawing on social role theory upper echelons theory, our results show positive significant association performance. Furthermore, extends finding indicating that “critical...

Although some argue that tokenism drives the selection of female directors, we show that they have a significant impact on measures of board effectiveness. In a large panel of data on publicly-traded firms from 1996-2003, we find that (1) the likelihood that a female director has attendance problems is 0.29 lower than for a male director, (2) male directors have fewer attendance problems the gr...

This study examines the effects of gender diversity on economic performance within the microfinance industry. We use ROA to capture financial performance and OpEx to capture operating efficiency. We measure gender diversity at two hierarchical levels: gender diversity within the Board represents the decision-making level; gender composition within the rank of loan officers embodies the operatio...

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...