Increasing the participation of women in top-level corporate boards is high on the agenda of policymakers. Yet, we know little about director appointment dynamics and the drivers and impediments of women appointments. This study builds on organizational and group-level behavior theories and...

Increasing the participation of women in top-level corporate boards is high on the agenda of policymakers. Yet, we know little about director appointment dynamics and the drivers and impediments of women appointments. This study builds on organizational and group-level behavior theories and...

Research question/issue: This study examines how ownership structure affects the presence of female directors on supervisory and management boards and the related advantages of gender diversity in the boardroom. It was conducted in a post-communist country and the argument is that the process of...

We study whether boardroom gender diversity affects CEO pay. Specifically, we investigate the association between boardroom gender diversity and CEO pay deviation from the optimal level of CEO pay based on firm characteristics and market performance. Using a sample of 2,288 firm‐year...

We analyze if the empirical research on the consequences of a board's gender diversity is affected by a specific measurement bias in Tobin's Q: the value bias in corporate debt (VBCD). Book values of corporate debt are a more downward biased proxy of the market values of debt if increased...

The diversity disclosures by Canadian corporations are examined to show how references to ‘merit’ and ‘diversity’ are used strategically by many corporations to support the gendered status quo and to resist pressures to increase the representation of women on boards. References to...

This study examines whether and how female board directors may affect stock market liquidity. The empirical analysis is drawn on a sample of 81 firms listed on the SBF 120 between 2002 and 2012. The paper considers several measures of liquidity and gender diversity. To assess the quality of...

The purpose of paper is to explore the diversity of bank boards as an innovative tool to reduce the effects of the global crisis and as a beginning of long-term sustainable development. The expectations from the diversifying boards are mainly related to improving the quality of decisions,...

Gender diversity on corporate boards is a popular topic both in academic and in business publications, but the focus is typically on ‘how' rather than ‘why'. This paper argues that the motivation for seeking to increase the number of women on boards necessarily affects the means of achieving...

In order to capture and lead the market, a board should be able to understand and quickly react to the changing global market. The market is very complex and highly segmented according to factors such as gender, age and ethnicity. Therefore, having a diverse board is advantageous because the...