Female Representation on Corporate Boards in Europe: The Interplay of Organizational Social Consciousness and Institutions

Clark, Cynthia E.; Arora, Punit; Gabaldón, Patricia

doi:10.1007/s10551-021-04898-x

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“…Higher compensation might motivate the TMT to target corporate sustainability (Berrone & Gomez-Meija, 2009), so we note the average remuneration paid to the TMT. The presence of female executives might also increase sustainability efforts (Clark et al, 2021), and accordingly, we control for TMT gender diversity using a dichotomous variable, equal to 1 if at least one woman sits on the TMT (Buallay et al, 2022; Zajac & Westphal, 1996). We present all the variable definitions in Table 1.…”

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Implications of Overwhelmed Leadership: How Executive Job Demands Hinder Corporate Sustainability Performance

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Raithatha

2022

Business & Society

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As implied by executive job demands theory, intensified job demands of a firm’s top executives limit their cognitive capacity and centralize the locus of decision-making, which may undermine corporate sustainability performance. The current study tests this effect, along with the impact of two contextual factors, to reveal that the negative influence of executive job demands is weaker if firms feature greater functional diversity and average tenure in their top management teams. In an extension of upper echelon theory, this study also outlines the influence of task challenges that confront strategic leaders on corporate sustainability performance.

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Implications of Overwhelmed Leadership: How Executive Job Demands Hinder Corporate Sustainability Performance

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Raithatha

2022

Business & Society

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“…(Boachie, 2021) Women in Board "Ratio between the number of women on the board and the total number of directors". (Clark et al, 2021;Arora, 2022) Board Busyness "Board Busyness divided by the total number of board directors". (Mohapatra and Mishra, 2021) Board Independence "Percentage of independent directors on the board".…”

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Board Attributes and Firm Performance of Non-Financial Listed Firms in Pakistan: Role of Ownership Structure

Riaz,

Hussain,

Raza

et al. 2023

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Purpose: This research intends to explore the impact of board attributes on the performance of non-financial listed firms in Pakistan and how ownership structure plays a moderating role in shaping this link. This research posits that institutional shareholders possess motivations to enhance board governance due to their advanced financial knowledge and managerial expertise. Methodology: Four attributes of the board (board size, women on board, board independence, and board busyness) were studied to see the impact. The firm performance was measured using Tobin Q. The present study employs 80 non-financial listed firms in its sample, and the multiple regression approach was used to inspect a 12-year panel dataset. Findings: The results discovered that board size has a positive and significant influence on the performance of companies. However, board independence and women on board have a significant negative effect on firm performance. Moreover, the outcomes of this study indicate that the ownership structure acts as a moderator, influencing the correlation between board attributes (board size and board busyness) with non-financial listed firms’ performance in Pakistan. Implications: The current study provides useful insight into this relationship to the policymakers, government, researchers, and other stakeholders. Therefore, based on this study's findings, non-financial firms listed in Pakistan should consider adopting institutional shareholding as a strategy to strengthen their capacity to secure long-term financing to support their growth initiatives.

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“…García-Sánchez et al (2021) believe there is a need to require a minimum number of female directors. In Europe, gender quotas were positively associated with high gender equality and social consciousness (Clark et al , 2022). Groysberg and Bell (2013) found that support for quotas was higher (lower) in countries with (without) quotas.…”

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Does the presence of three or more female directors associate with corporate recognition?

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Bernardi

Bosco

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to extend Landry et al.’s (2016) work and examines the possible association between corporations having three or more female directors and these companies being features on corporate recognition lists. Design/methodology/approach This study examines a sample of 335 corporations ranked as Fortune 500 corporations in the period 2013–2019. The authors test for the association between the percent of corporations that had three or more female directors and the percent of these corporations on external recognition lists. Findings The data indicate that the percent of corporations with three or more female directors more than doubled between 2013 and 2019; this change was accompanied by an increase in the percent of presence of these companies in corporate recognition lists. The percent of corporations that had three or more female directors was significantly associated with the percent of these corporations on external recognition lists. Research limitations/implications The first is the sample selection process; this study used only publicly traded corporations that were included in the Fortune 500 between 2013 through 2019. The second limitation is that this study did not include data on board members considered minorities. Practical implications The findings imply that there is a strong link between gender diversity on boards and being featured on corporate recognition lists, which means that firms who care about corporate social responsibility-related works, and more instrumentally, care about being on such lists should reconsider the gender balance on their boards. Originality/value This study extends this work for a time period in which the number of corporations with three or more female directors has significantly increased.

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Female Representation on Corporate Boards in Europe: The Interplay of Organizational Social Consciousness and Institutions

Cited by 13 publications

References 113 publications

Implications of Overwhelmed Leadership: How Executive Job Demands Hinder Corporate Sustainability Performance

Implications of Overwhelmed Leadership: How Executive Job Demands Hinder Corporate Sustainability Performance

Board Attributes and Firm Performance of Non-Financial Listed Firms in Pakistan: Role of Ownership Structure

Does the presence of three or more female directors associate with corporate recognition?

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