Women Corporate Directors: Current Research and Future
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Bilimoria, Diana; Wheeler, Jane V.

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“…Selby (2000) conclude that women presence on the American boards leads to diversity in experiences and values. Bilimoria and Wheeler (2000) and Mattis (2000) confirm the suggestions of Selby (2000) and state that women director's foster competitive advantage. They consider that women are able to deal effectively with diversity in product markets.…”

Section: Business Management and Strategysupporting

confidence: 66%

Demographic Diversity in the Board and Corporate Tax Planning in American Firms

Aliani¹,

Ali²

2012

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This study examines the effect of demographic gender diversity on corporate tax planning. Using a sample of 300 firms (S&P 500) for the 1996-2009 periods, results indicate that gender diversity on the board is not significant and doesn't have an effect on tax planning. Board independence enhances tax practice. ROA is significant and associated with tax planning. Board size and firm size do not exhibit significant relations. We contribute to the literature of gender by proposing a new tax framework. We propose new evidence for the paradigm of tax governance.

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Section: Business Management and Strategysupporting

confidence: 66%

Demographic Diversity in the Board and Corporate Tax Planning in American Firms

Aliani¹,

Ali²

2012

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“…Additional forms of diversity can be found in observable aspects, such as age and social status. Empirical body of research has associated diversity with improvements in knowledge base, creativity, decision making quality and innovation which stems from the diverse experiences of the individual group members (Bilimoria & Wheeler, 2000;Watson, Johnson, & Merritt, 1998). In the study conducted by Simons, Pelled, and Smith (1999), the authors associated both educational level and cognitive diversity with positive impacts on the organisational performance.…”

Section: Board Diversitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into Corporate Governance Structure: The Effect of Board Diversity and Roles-A Case Study of Saudi Arabia

Alshareef¹,

Sandhu²

2015

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Research Purpose: the purpose of this paper is to determine the board diversity characteristics that affects on board roles in order to improve the integration of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into Corporate Governance (CG) structure. This objective has been achieved by reviewing (CG) and (CSR) literature, and surveying various deliberations on offer at the first; second, by examining how the board diversity characteristics effect on their roles towards the adoption of CSR within case study context of two companies operating in Saudi Arabia. A qualitative case study was adopted by conducting in-depth interviews with participants at various levels of board and management in the two Saudi companies. The findings suggested that board diversity characteristics are an essential to improve the effectiveness of board roles (monitoring, services and strategic) towards the integration of CSR in to governance structure. Based on the findings, three theoretical propositions have been developed to assist and direct further research on the topic. These findings are important and motivating; indicating that recent concern of reforming CG Codes in emerging countries is starting to be balanced by some notice/attention to CSR, with growing of board of directors' role in protecting stakeholders. This paper makes two important contributions. First, it contributes to our understanding of board diversity characteristics and roles that improve CG codes in the context of engaging with stakeholders. Second, the paper develop a number of theoretical propositions that can assist as the foundation for future research on this issue, particularly in emerging countries, given that the data and propositions are derived from emerging country settings. This study highlights the need for enhancing election criteria when it comes to appointing BODs, especially in the case of an organisational shift towards a socially responsible business. The implications for policy makers can be found in the need for regulatory and judicial systems' capacity improvements to enhance institutional pressures to increase CSR adoption rate via coercive and normative methods.

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“…For example, law firms whose key clients have women on their boards are more likely to promote women (Beckman and Phillips, 2005). While the importance of women to corporate boards has been long acknowledged (Burke, 1997;Bilimoria and Wheeler, 2000), females have made only modest gains in terms of directorships on corporate boards (Arken et al, 2004;Daily et al, 1999).…”

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“…In addition to individual and firm level factors, there may be underlying conditions in the national environment that contribute to the representation of women on corporate boards. This article answers calls for research into board gender diversity (Daily et al, 1999), building on theoretical approaches (Bilimoria and Wheeler, 2000) and taking into account environmental context (Johnson et al, 1996).…”

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Female Presence on Corporate Boards: A Multi-Country Study of Environmental Context

2008

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ABSTRACT. A growing body of ethics research investigates gender diversity and governance on corporate boards, at individual and firm levels, in single country studies. In this study, we explore the environmental context of female representation on corporate boards of directors, using data from 43 countries. We suggest that women's representation on corporate boards may be shaped by the larger environment, including the social, political and economic structures of individual countries. We use logit regression to conduct our analysis. Our results indicate that countries with higher representation of women on boards are more likely to have women in senior management and more equal ratios of male to female pay. However, we find that countries with a longer tradition of women's political representation are less likely to have high levels of female board representation.

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Women Corporate Directors: Current Research and Future Directions

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Demographic Diversity in the Board and Corporate Tax Planning in American Firms

Demographic Diversity in the Board and Corporate Tax Planning in American Firms

Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into Corporate Governance Structure: The Effect of Board Diversity and Roles-A Case Study of Saudi Arabia

Female Presence on Corporate Boards: A Multi-Country Study of Environmental Context

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