Women Directors on Top UK Boards

Singh, Val; Vinnicombe, Susan; Johnson, Phyl

doi:10.1111/1467-8683.00248

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“…Gender diversity has developed to be one of the challenging research issues as the numbers of women in top management as well as on corporate board increases (Singh, Vinnicombe, & Johnson, 2001). Gender diversity may benefit the board's decision making process.…”

Section: Director's Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

Board Composition, Firm Characteristics, and Voluntary Disclosure: The Case of Jordanian Firms Listed on the Amman Stock Exchange

Sartawi¹,

Hindawi²,

Bsoul³

et al. 2014

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This study examines the impact of board composition on the level of voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of listed Jordanian firms. Content analysis is used to collect the required data form the 2012-annual reports of 103 firms listed on the Amman Stock Exchange. Overall, the empirical evidence provided by the study is in line with the agency theory predictions. Furthermore, they have practical implications for firms and regulators in Jordan on the importance of the board of directors and voluntary disclosure as control mechanisms for mitigating the effect of the information asymmetries and agency problems. The study shows a moderate level of voluntary disclosure in the annual reports of Jordanian firms. However, insurance firms tend to disclose more voluntary information than industrial and services firms. Also, the results suggest that Jordanian firms with a high-level of board ownership concentration tend to keep the level of voluntary disclosure low. On the other hand, the presence of foreign directors on the board seems to influence, positively, the level of voluntary disclosure in Jordanian firms. Likewise, the proportion of the old directors on the boards in Jordanian firms is very high and is significantly associated with a higher level of voluntary disclosure.

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Section: Director's Gendermentioning

confidence: 99%

Board Composition, Firm Characteristics, and Voluntary Disclosure: The Case of Jordanian Firms Listed on the Amman Stock Exchange

Sartawi¹,

Hindawi²,

Bsoul³

et al. 2014

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“…The relationship between the number of women directors and company size (measured usually by market capitalization) has been reported by Catalyst (2003) in the US and Singh, Vinnicombe and Johnson (2001) in the UK. Hyland and Marcellino (2002) also found that larger organizations measured by revenues employ more women directors.…”

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confidence: 85%

“…This leads to the following hypothesis: H1: The proportion, existence and/or number of women directors on a property trust s board is greater in larger (measured by market capitalization) entities. Singh, Vinnicombe and Johnson (2001) report that women directors in the UK are particularly found in retailing and banking (where a high percentage of the workforce are women) and also in health, media/publishing and utilities. The office property trust sector and the retail property trust sector had 17 and 11 IPO listings respectively over the period of the study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…This study extends that work by examining 58 property trust IPOs during 1994 to 2004 that subsequently listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. The study specifically investigates the Australian IPO data to determine whether the Singh, Vinnicombe and Johnson (2001) in the UK and Catalyst (2003) in the US findings that larger entities employ more women directors hold. The study also investigates whether office or retail property trust sectors employ more women and whether female representation on the board may have altered over time.…”

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“…The study also investigates whether office or retail property trust sectors employ more women and whether female representation on the board may have altered over time. While the gender composition of the boards of many industry sectors (such as retailing, banking, health, utilities and media and publishing) has been examined (see for example Singh, Vinnicombe and Johnson (2001)), the gender composition of the boards of listed property trusts (LPTs) is yet to be reported.…”

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Women Directors on Top UK Boards

Cited by 165 publications

References 23 publications

Board Composition, Firm Characteristics, and Voluntary Disclosure: The Case of Jordanian Firms Listed on the Amman Stock Exchange

Board Composition, Firm Characteristics, and Voluntary Disclosure: The Case of Jordanian Firms Listed on the Amman Stock Exchange

The Gender Composition of Boards of Property Trust IPOs in Australia from 1994 to 2004

Fulfilling stakeholders' demand: Exploring CSR assurance's contribution to firms' environmental and social disclosures

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