Boardroom Gender Diversity: A Behavioural Economics Analysis

Hickman, Eleanore

doi:10.5235/14735970.14.2.385

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“…The boardroom is noted to be an environment where the central activities of an organization are strategically decided upon, controlled and monitored for growth and survival (Agyei-Mensah, 2018; Moreno-Gómez et al , 2017). The boardroom itself cannot judiciously perform without a league of highly diverse, innovative and strategic members, whose main function is to deliver outstanding performance to the shareholders (Hickman, 2014; Klettner et al , 2016). Extant studies on board performance, as measured by its diversity in the developed regions exhibited strong and positive implications on firm value (Hsu et al , 2018).…”

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Boardroom female participation, intellectual capital efficiency and firm performance in developing countries

Isola

Adeleye

Olohunlana

2020

JEFAS

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Purpose This paper aims to focus on the implications of female participation in the board on the management of intellectual capital for improved firm performance, particularly in the Nigerian-banking sector. It uses the resource dependency theory to ascertain the link between female board participation, intellectual capital and performances. Design/methodology/approach The paper adopted longitudinal panel analysis to analyze data obtained from the annual reports of selected listed commercial banks in Nigeria. The random effect regression was adopted as the method of analysis. The decision was informed by conducting the Hausman test. Findings The results revealed that female board participation has insignificant influence on bank performances, whereas intellectual capital efficiencies positively contribute to bank performances. However, significant influences were exhibited upon the interactions of female board participation and components of intellectual capital efficiency on bank performances. Research limitations/implications Because of the focus of the research work, which is centered on the banking sector of the Nigerian economy, the findings of the research may not be sufficiently suitable for other sectors of the country. This, however, leaves the coast for other researchers to extend research on intellectual capital and gender participation to other non-financial sectors and other countries. Practical implications The outcome implies that there is a need for increased female participation in the boardroom to harness optimal intellectual capital efficiencies for firm performance. It further confirmed that intellectual capital unlocks the hidden treasure of firms. Originality/value The paper identifies and fulfills a niche on the need to extend the frontier of knowledge on intellectual capital and gender equity.

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Boardroom female participation, intellectual capital efficiency and firm performance in developing countries

Isola

Adeleye

Olohunlana

2020

JEFAS

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“…These journals are publishing articles which are focused on the theme of the role of the law and compliances to ensure the gender equality, inclusion, and diversity in corporate boards. The research on boardroom gender diversity is conducted using behavioral economic model i.e., behavioral economics of the boardroom gender diversity transaction (BGDT) to understand the transaction cost of economic framework [2]. One of the important studies is about the role of female directors on corporate boards and their impact on corporate social responsibility (CSR) is analyzed in the Chinese context and found that firm age, firm performance, corporate governance, family ownership, institutional ownership and managerial ownership are positively related to the presence of women directors [35].…”

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“…In terms of age, gender, ethnic group, race, creed color, nationality, education, and experience in the boardroom to promote a diverse board with fair representation of all [1]. One of the simple and most common measure of boardroom diversity is measure in terms of gender diversity by including female representation in the boardroom [2,3]. Diverse board brings a whole lot of benefits to the boardroom including range of outlooks in the decision making, variable suggestions in decision making problem solving [1,4].…”

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Looking into Corporate Boardrooms Through the Lens of Gender Diversity: A Bibliometric Review and META Analysis

Basher¹,

Jreisat²,

Kaur³

et al. 2022

IJSDP

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The present study examines the literature on the corporate boardroom through the lens of gender diversity. The study identified 1413 studies from Scopus database to identify the corporate board gender diversity ranging from a period of 1998 to 2021 (November). The identified studies are reviewed by using VOS viewer software and R-Studio. The study also employed META analysis to further analyse the data and draw meaningful results. The study identifies the current themes in the literature of corporate boardroom diversity, find impediments to the growth in literature, find the most relevant paper over the years, most prolific authors, and most influential journal. The study also suggests the further scope of the study. We conclude by providing the five potential emerging research directions. The study identifies and discusses the main areas and current development in the field of corporate board diversity in terms of gender and suggests future research directions.

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“…Even if that is possible, 68 Brown and Duguid (2000). 69 For more on diversity benefits unrelated to performance, see Hickman (2014), pp 389-391. 70 For a discussion of the meaning of merit and its impact on diversity see Hickman (2020).…”

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Trustworthy AI and Corporate Governance: The EU’s Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence from a Company Law Perspective

Hickman

Petrin

2021

Eur Bus Org Law Rev

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AI will change many aspects of the world we live in, including the way corporations are governed. Many efficiencies and improvements are likely, but there are also potential dangers, including the threat of harmful impacts on third parties, discriminatory practices, data and privacy breaches, fraudulent practices and even ‘rogue AI’. To address these dangers, the EU published ‘The Expert Group’s Policy and Investment Recommendations for Trustworthy AI’ (the Guidelines). The Guidelines produce seven principles from its four foundational pillars of respect for human autonomy, prevention of harm, fairness, and explicability. If implemented by business, the impact on corporate governance will be substantial. Fundamental questions at the intersection of ethics and law are considered, but because the Guidelines only address the former without (much) reference to the latter, their practical application is challenging for business. Further, while they promote many positive corporate governance principles—including a stakeholder-oriented (‘human-centric’) corporate purpose and diversity, non-discrimination, and fairness—it is clear that their general nature leaves many questions and concerns unanswered. In this paper we examine the potential significance and impact of the Guidelines on selected corporate law and governance issues. We conclude that more specificity is needed in relation to how the principles therein will harmonise with company law rules and governance principles. However, despite their imperfections, until harder legislative instruments emerge, the Guidelines provide a useful starting point for directing businesses towards establishing trustworthy AI.

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Boardroom Gender Diversity: A Behavioural Economics Analysis

Cited by 9 publications

References 45 publications

Boardroom female participation, intellectual capital efficiency and firm performance in developing countries

Boardroom female participation, intellectual capital efficiency and firm performance in developing countries

Looking into Corporate Boardrooms Through the Lens of Gender Diversity: A Bibliometric Review and META Analysis

Trustworthy AI and Corporate Governance: The EU’s Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence from a Company Law Perspective

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