One of the issues that have gained a lot of attention in recent years is the board gender diversity. Many researchers believe that gender diversity in the board reinforces corporate social responsibility and on the other hand, gender diversity is one of the signs and effects of corporate social responsibility in the board, so there is a mutual relationship between board gender diversity and cor...

According to agency theory, board of directors plays an important monitoring role in reducing information asymmetry and increasing the transparency of financial statements and social responsibility. This research is concerned with examining board diversity and social responsibility of the firms listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange during the years 2011-2015. To do so, a sample of 98 firms was se...

Whereas the majority of research on board diversity explores the direct relationship between racial and gender diversity and firm performance, this paper investigates mediators that explain how board diversity is related to firm performance. Grounded in signalling theory and the behavioural theory of the firm, we suggest that this relationship operates through two mediators: firm reputation and...

Research question/issue This study explores the relationship between level of social capital in location a firm's headquarter and presence female board directors. We measure local by civic norms (i.e., voter turnout census participation) density networks community, professional, church, sports). hypothesize that greater levels will increase share directors on firms' boards, including women atta...

Despite the efforts of governments and market regulators, under-representation women on corporate boards continues to be a global concern. In this context, study extends prior literature by investigating relationship between media visibility gender diversity directors. We examine sample 101 Spanish nonfinancial listed firms over period 2003–2016. find that positively affects board diversity. Th...

Abstract We document that heightened public attention to gender equality is associated with an increase in board diversity. Improvements diversity are more pronounced firms a corporate culture already sympathetic equality. When increases, reach out larger pool of women, such as women without industry experience or outside their network, but female director appointments do not appear be dilutive...

Although many studies have explored the consequences of diversity, few have considered how they are affected by social context. This paper develops an institutional framework for understanding how a board’s gender diversity influences its organization’s analyst ratings. I propose that evaluators reward gender-diverse organizations with higher ratings when gender diversity is more institutionali...

Cette étude examine la relation entre diversité de genre dans les conseils d’administration et trésorerie (c’est-à-dire le risque liquidité) excédentaire des entreprises d’agence). En utilisant un échantillon sociétés françaises cotées à l’indice SBF 120 sur période 1998-2015, nous constatons une positive significative au sein surveillance pour deux mesures ratio ajusté par secteur) négative av...

Based on a total of 1,590 listed non-financial firms the Taiwan Stock Exchange and Taipei Exchanges covering period 2007~2020, this study examines whether firm’s financing decision, namely, capital structure policy is affected by corporate board gender diversity. While existing research has explored effects diversity various financial consequences, argues that contributes to better pe...