... organisational and socio-cultural challenges. By providing practical insights, it aims to advance gender diversity in corporate leadership, particularly within developing economies, highlighting actionable strategies and policy recommendations to enhance the inclusion and effectiveness of female board members...

... questionnaires and analysed using covariance-based structural equation modelling in Jamovi. The analysis tested the mediating role of hopelessness in the workplace happiness–turnover intention relationship and assessed whether gender moderates these effects. Findings Workplace happiness significantly reduces...

..., this is the first study that compiles an up-to-date panel of comparable and economically important (S&P500) firms to investigate the link between CFO gender diversity and corporate tax avoidance. Financial firms (that are prone to tax avoidance) are explicitly excluded. Firm-level and alternatively industry...

...Diego Grijalva Purpose This study aims to examine how leadership gender influenced firms’ immediate and short-run performance during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ecuador, focusing on the tactical responses initiated by women-led organizations. Design/methodology/approach The author integrates...

...Uma Jogulu; Melissa A. Parris; Juliana Mutum Purpose The purpose of this article is to examine the present state of gender equality experienced by skilled migrant women in Australian workplaces by using an intersectionality perspective that takes into account the multiple challenges women face...

... of the supervisory board: “pioneer,” “critical observer,” and “hesitant.” These identities represent how female board members situate themselves at the intersection between their function as a board member and their gender. Originality/value Drawing upon social identity theory and tokenism theory, the authors...

... balance, and this effect is more relevant for women than for men. Practical implications These results are important for organizations that wish to promote not only family-friendly work practices but also above all gender-friendly work practices. Originality/value Based on a large sample...

...Masahiro Hosoda; Hitomi Toyosaki Purpose This study aims to provide a deeper understanding of how management control systems (MCSs) can contribute to achieving gender equality. Design/methodology/approach The researchers undertook an integrative review of the literature, focusing...

...Francesca Nepoti; Ylenia Curzi; Filippo Ferrarini Purpose Rooted in Joan Acker’s “gendered organisations” framework, this paper aims to explore the impact of employee’s developmental performance management systems (DPMSs) on occupational wellbeing, highlighting gender and age-based intersectional...

... that women’s engagement in the highest levels of a company has an impact on gender diversity in top roles in addition to individual roles. Corresponding author Desi Zulvina desizulvina@gmail.com 25 01 2024 03 08 2024 30 10 2024 04 11 2024 © 2025 Emerald Publishing...

... and Zhang (2011) find that unfavorable analyst recommendations lead to a higher probability of CEO dismissal. Similarly, Hernsberger (2016) finds that firms that receive more pessimistic recommendations are more likely to hire an outsider CEO. We hypothesize and test five CEO characteristics; gender...

...Saddam A. Hazaea; Ebrahim Mohammed Al-Matari; Najib H.S. Farhan; Jinyu Zhu Purpose In recent years, mandatory rules and regulations were issued to stress the importance of increasing gender diversity in companies, assuming that gender diversity would enhance financial performance. Thus...

..., tenure, political connection, duality and gender with firm performance. The final panel data sample consists of 16,010 firm-year observations from 2010 to 2020, including A-share private firms listed in the Shenzhen and Shanghai Stock Exchanges. Findings Five hypotheses are proposed, and results show...

... of this article (for both commercial and non-commercial purposes), subject to full attribution to the original publication and authors. The full terms of this licence may be seen at http://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0/legalcode Gender Happiness Elderly people Dependent people Home care worker...

...Sourour Ben Saad; Lotfi Belkacem Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the indirect relationship between board gender diversity and capital structure decisions and to examine whether the capital structure is affected by the type of approach used to promote women’s participation...

... the personal values of the entrepreneur. As a secondary objective, the authors also study whether these values are associated with certain entrepreneurs’ socio-demographic factors (gender and age). Design/methodology/approach The group to be studied is the Spanish business community. An exploratory study...

.../approach This study draws on social identity theory and faultlines theory to provide insights into how gender and age faultlines are formed in a board. Subsequently, it proposes and tests a U-shaped board size–faultlines strength relationship. Archival data were collected on 288 organizations listed...

...Dene Hurley; Amod Choudhary Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the role of chief financial officers’ (CFOs’) gender in financial risk taking of 58 US companies along with the impact of having women board members. Design/methodology/approach Using a panel data of 58 selected S...

...Irfan Ullah; Hongxing Fang; Khalil Jebran Purpose This paper aims to examine whether and how gender diversity and CEO gender can influence firm value in the emerging market of Pakistan. The study further tests whether these relations vary across state-owned enterprises (SOE) and non-state-owned...

...Christopher Groening Purpose This paper aims to use the passage of the Italian Gender Diversity Law to help isolate the effects of board gender diversity on firm value by investigating conditions under which such diversity provides greater role-enhancing resources to the board. Design...