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Addressing the fact that there are few studies exploring the relationship between board characteristics and corporate social responsibility (CSR) in non-Western contexts, this study examines the relationship in South Korean corporate contexts. We concentrate on foreign directors as a board attribute, which is reported as a remarkable change in Korean corporate boards, and propose that foreign directors have different impacts on CSR investment depending on their nationality (Anglo-Americans vs. non-Anglo-Americans) and director types (insiders vs. outsiders). In detail, the presence of directors from Anglo-American countries (e.g., the United States, the United Kingdom) decreases firms’ CSR involvement, whereas the presence of directors from non-Anglo-American countries (e.g., France, Germany) increases firms’ CSR involvement. Moreover, the effects of Anglo-Americans on CSR are strengthened when they are inside (rather than outside) directors. Empirical analyses using a sample of 1828 Korean firms from 2002 to 2015 provide evidence to support the predictions. This study theoretically contributes to CSR and corporate governance literature in that it sheds light on the CSR in non-Western companies and reveals varied effects of foreign directors contingent upon their individual attributes. It also has practical implications for policymakers and corporate managers by providing insights of the changes generated by foreign members in a boardroom.

This study examines the effects of female chief executive officers (CEOs) on corporate social responsibility (CSR). Random‐effects models and Poisson models were used to test female CEOs' effects on overall CSR commitment and the different CSR types. Empirical analyses on 2166 US companies revealed that female CEOs had significant effects on CSR. Specifically, the companies led by female CEOs had an active overall CSR participation, but their effects differed by CSR type. Further, when the relative power of the board of directors was high, the positive effects of female CEOs on the social activities of institutional stakeholders were weakened.

Our objective in this study is to understand how adolescents respond to the food industry's corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities, especially the effects of such activities on consumers' emotional responses, perceived authenticity, and attitudes toward the company. Understanding which types of CSR actions most influence adolescents is important for managers. This study examines adolescents' responses to three types of CSR actions (career-related, environment-related, and wellbeing-related) across two types of products (unhealthy and healthy foods). We find that CSR actions related to career issues have the greatest effects on adolescents' emotional responses, perceived authenticity, and attitudes toward a company under the condition of healthy food products. In other words, when a healthy food company offers a career-related CSR program, adolescents have better responses than when an unhealthy food company offers the same CSR program.

Grounded upon the group dynamics and the human capital literature, this paper proposes that the presence and conditions of female directors on a board substantially affect the acquisition decision. In detail, it argues that female board representation decreases the acquisition premium offered. It also examines the effects of female directors are contingent upon their conditions. When the females are inside, rather than outside, directors, their influence is greater. When the female directors have more prior acquisition experiences than male directors, the negative impact on premiums is strengthened, particularly when their acquisition experiences are those accumulated at acquirers rather than at targets. Empirical analyses on a sample of 1750 acquisitions made by US public firms in 2003–2013 provide evidence to support our predictions.

Objectives: This study aims to look back on research trends before research papers were published in the journal and provide a future direction of the KOHS to go and basic data to set a research direction of dental hygiene studies, by analyzing research papers published in the KOHS until 2020, overall. Methods: For this study, a total of 157 papers published in the KOHS until December 2020 were analyzed. Results: Among academic categories, educational dental hygiene was the highest at 43.3%, and quantitative research was the highest at 77.7% as a research method. The subjects of the study were general adults (15.3%), and the questionnaire method was the most common data collection method (69.4%). As for the data analysis method, the independent sample t-test was the highest at 44.6% as a result of overlapping treatment. The total number of keywords was 592, and ‘dental hygienist’ was the highest with 26 articles (4.39%). Conclusions: It is considered that this study will help future dental hygiene research to set its direction and serve as basic data to make the KOHS advance as a more developed academic journal, by analyzing papers published in the KOHS and understanding research trends in the field of dental hygiene.

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