...Emrah Arioglu; Murat Ocak Purpose This paper aims to investigate whether female directors of companies are more likely to appoint audit firms (AFs) with women in high-level positions adopting monitoring, reputation and homophily theories. Design/methodology/approach The paper uses ordinary...

... transparency aids female directors’ advancement, reducing bonuses’ impact on wage disparity, necessitating monitored laws for fairer compensation systems and meeting 40% of women directors’ proposals. Social implications Primarily, this study significantly influences public attitudes towards GWG...

... due to higher ethical standards, which can be hypothesized to mitigate the negative impact of family ownership on firm value. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the moderating role of female ownership and female directors in mitigating the unfavorable effects of family ownership on firm value...

.... The authors also use event study method and ordinary least square (OLS) regression to explore female directors’ effects on reducing the negative consequences of litigation. The logistic regression and OLS regression are reestimated with interaction terms when examining the firm performance heterogeneity...

...Kurnia Cahya Lestari; Noorlailie Soewarno Purpose Building on the upper echelons and natural resource-based view (NRBV) theory, this study aims to examine the role of green innovation in mediating the relationship between female directors and firm value. Design/methodology/approach This study...

... diversity was measured using the existence/absence of female directors on boards (dummy variable) and the ratio of female directors on boards (BLAUt-1 index and SHANNONt-1 index). Findings Female board directors influenced the suppression of under-investment for the enhancement of corporate value...

...Carolina Bona-Sánchez; Marina Elistratova; Jerónimo Pérez-Alemán Purpose Internal dealings might shape female directors’ incentives to affect corporate financial policies. This study aims to explore what impact female directors have on corporate cash holdings in the presence of internal dealings...

...Yu Wang; Xiaoying Chang; Tienan Wang; Shanshan Wang Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the effect of stakeholder orientation in mediating the impact of female directors on environmental innovation. The authors argue that female directors are eco-friendly and more concerned with multi...

...Norman Mohd Saleh; Xiao Wei Sun Purpose In this study, the authors argue that because of female traits, the proportion of female directors in the board helps the governing body make more cautious decisions, thus improving the investment efficiency of the firm. Therefore, this research aims...

... Female directors This paper examines whether board gender diversity is a curse or blessing in pricing the cost of debt in the developing economies context. Our motivation comes from the fact that governments in developing countries have passed mandatory or voluntary regulation/pronouncement...

... across businesses in the Asian emerging markets. Women hold 9.3% of board seats and fill 4.2% of board chair positions, an increase of 1.5% and 1.6% from 2016, respectively (Deloitte, 2019). In particular, in the Philippines, the number of companies without female directors fell significantly from 26...

...Emrah Arioglu Purpose This study aims to investigate whether female directors have an effect on company financial performance in a patriarchal emerging country that has a collectivistic culture with a substantial gender equality gap and is characterized with a paternalistic management culture...

... The findings show that there is a statistically significant relationship between the number of female directors and the level of CSR disclosure. The results show that board gender diversity is positively associated with the level of CSR reporting in two countries, namely, Bahrain and Kuwait. Also, the findings...