...M. Kabir Hassan; Rashedul Hasan; Hassan Bataineh; Mahfuzul Haque Purpose This study investigates the influence of board gender diversity on policy decisions within the banking sector, with a specific focus on the adoption of environmental risk management policies. Drawing on critical mass theory...

... for the endogenous test. Findings The results suggest that board-specific skills diversity (BSSD) and board independence (BIND) have a negative impact on systematic risk. On the other hand, board gender diversity does not affect systematic risk. The findings reinforce the relevance of board diversity...

...Xiaohu Guo; Lukai Yang Purpose This research aims to investigate whether local religious norms influence corporate attitudes toward board gender diversity. Design/methodology/approach The data are collected from American Religion Data Archive (ARDA) website and Boardex. The analysis used...

...Erin Oldford; Saif Ullah; Ashrafee Tanvir Hossain Purpose The objective of this paper is to leverage a two-sided view of social capital to develop a model of board gender diversity and firm performance using social capital data from Northeast Regional Center of Rural Development. Design...