.... One way to evaluate the effect of board diversity on CG effectiveness is to examine the impact of board diversity on firm risk reduction. Gender is a diversity indicator emphasized by researchers to reduce risk. The main concern of regulators and scholars regarding women is that women tend to avoid...

... since 2015 in both public and private sector banks in India. However, board diversity in case of public sector banks is seen to be lower than that of private sector banks. Furthermore, this study found a significant impact of board diversity on the performance indicators of both public and private...

...Muhammad Akram Naseem; Rizwan Ali; Ramiz Ur Rehman Purpose This study aims to investigate the mediating role of corporate social responsibility (CSR) in the link between board independence, board diversity and dividend payouts underpinning the agency theory perspective. As boards are ultimately...

...Nuria Reguera-Alvarado; Francisco Bravo-Urquiza Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse how board diversity affects firm financial outcomes through the way in which this diversity helps to improve voluntary disclosures. Design/methodology/approach The partial least squares (PLS...

... and Salancik, 1978 ; Hillman and Cannella, 2007). In this context, board diversity expands the channels of communication, networks and linkages of the companies (Hillman et al., 2000 ; Liu et al., 2013); expands the possibilities of access to finance (Reguera-Alvarado et al., 2015...