...Chen Liu; Yan Wendy Wu Purpose The authors investigate how a gender-diverse board, a gender-diverse executive team, or a female chief executive officer (CEO) impact bank balance sheet and equity risk. Design/methodology/approach Using panel data of U.S. bank holding companies over the period...

... male counterparts. © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Diversity Compensation Executives Many scholars and practitioners lament female pay gaps and the ethical issues they pose (for recent reviews, see Jeong and Harrison...

... contributes to the accounting literature by timely exploiting a rising trend in which female executives are expected to become more prolific. The authors’ research indicates that their entrenchment into business organizations, thereby promoting gender diversity, produces beneficial outcomes for those...

...João Teodósio; Elisabete Vieira; Mara Madaleno Purpose The investigation of the relationship between gender diversity and corporate risk-taking is a recent stream of research. In this study, the authors propose an answer to the following main question: What do the authors know about gender effects...

... The study adds insights into corporate board dynamic, providing new evidence concerning the impact of local conditions on board composition as well as additional information concerning the interplay of board dynamics and female board representation. Corporate governance Diversity Religiosity Board...