...-experiments, the authors find that two exogenous shocks, the Vatican Leaks scandal and the Big Three board gender diversity campaign, attenuate the negative association between religiosity and diversity. Research limitations/implications This study unveils an important but previously unidentified factor...

... of female corporate board directors. Design/methodology/approach The sample covers 1,630 unique firms and 30,369 unique directors covering a ten-year period to investigate the effects of religiosity and educational attainment. Findings The analysis reveals that while the number of women has...