... 29 10 2023 29 01 2024 25 03 2024 01 04 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only ESG CSR Executive compensation Diversity Gender Board of directors Public corporations in the US have increasingly used...

...Thanh Dung Nguyen; Thuong Harvison; Ali Ashraf Purpose Employees play a vital role in the success of a corporation. While boards of directors are created to protect shareholders’ interests, it is unclear if these directors also ensure employee welfare. In this vein, our paper examines...

..., male directors are better in balancing distinct stakeholders' interests and will focus on profit-maximizing CSR. Therefore, we predict the following: Sustainability Firm value Board of directors Female directors We identify two instruments for female representation on corporate boards...

.../methodology/approach The sample comprises data from 2010 to 2016 of the non-financial Brazilian firms listed on the Brazilian Stock Exchange. To measure this relationship, a conditional logistic regression is performed. Findings A U-shaped relationship between the size of the board of directors (BD...

.... Research limitations/implications These results provide encouraging opportunities for future research about the real role of the board of directors and suggest the need for the analysis of the participation of directors in firm strategy to better understand the effect of boards on the corporate outcome...

... at: krishna@waikato.ac.nz © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Corporate governance Board of directors Leverage Cooperatives Independent directors Mutuals The global financial crisis of 2007-2010 has once again brought into question the efficacy of corporate governance practices...