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...

A global business convergence exists, making international business easier and more mainstream. Over the last decade, social activists, academics, government agencies, shareholder groups, and other investors have argued for greater diversity in U.S. businesses, including making public company...

This study examines the association between board diversity, measured in both relation-oriented dimension (i.e., gender, race, and age) and task-oriented dimension (i.e., tenure and expertise), and board performance in corporate investment monitoring. We assess sub-optimal investment by...

We explore the labor market effects of gender and race by examining board leadership appointments. Prior studies are often limited by observing only hired candidates, whereas the boardroom provides a controlled setting where both hired and unhired candidates are observable. Although diverse...

The bourn of this research was to study the influence of corporation governance characteristics on monetary performance of registered firms in Nigeria. The research intended to answer two study queries: what is the relationship between boards of directors’ characteristics (board independence,...

We explore the role of female directors in mitigating CEO luck. CEOs are “lucky” when they receive stock option grants on days when the stock price is the lowest in the month of the grant, implying opportunistic timing. Our results show that board gender diversity significantly deters the...

This paper studies how corporate board diversity affects disruptive innovation. We find that director boards with diverse demographic and cognitive traits are positively related to not only the quantity of disruptive and novel patents invented by their firms but also to these patents’...

Drawn from theories in group diversity and group performance, this study examines the association between board diversity, measured in both relation-oriented dimension (i.e., gender, race, and age) and task-oriented dimension (i.e., tenure and expertise), and board performance in corporate...

The current study investigates whether board age diversity affects company financial performance and risk, and whether diverse work-related values held by directors of different ages are the underlying cause of any effects via a sample of listed companies from Turkey, which has a collectivistic...

This study examines the association between board diversity and corporate risk taking. Research on board diversity has focused on gender diversity, leaving board diversity beyond gender diversity largely unexplored. We construct diversity indexes to measure board diversity in multiple...