Board gender diversity and firms' internationalization speed: the role of female directors' characteristics

G Ren, P Zeng - Baltic Journal of Management, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose Drawing on the gender self-schema theory, upper echelons theory and the
literature on international business, this study aims to examine the impact of board gender …

Family and state ownership, internationalization and corporate board-gender diversity: Evidence from China and India

A Saeed, A Yousaf, J Alharbi - Cross Cultural & Strategic Management, 2017 - emerald.com
Purpose In times of vivid debates on the inclusion of women on boards, the purpose of this
paper is to shed a new light on the composition of boardrooms in emerging market firms by …

Board's gender diversity and international entrepreneurship: intensity versus quality?

K Wang, MM Pellegrini, C Wang, H Fan… - International Journal of …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose An increased globalisation pushes forward the study of international
entrepreneurship that however has been mainly analysed at a macro-environmental and an …

Do women directors improve firm performance in China?

Y Liu, Z Wei, F Xie - Journal of corporate finance, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper examines the effect of board gender diversity on firm performance in China's
listed firms from 1999 to 2011. We document a positive and significant relation between …

Board gender diversity and firm performance: The moderating role of firm size

H Li, P Chen - Business Ethics: A European Review, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the relationships among board gender diversity, firm performance,
and firm size. Our paper provides new insights into the relationship between board gender …

Female directors and agency costs: evidence from Chinese listed firms

QU Ain, X Yuan, HM Javaid, M Usman… - International Journal of …, 2021 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this research is to examine whether board gender diversity reduces
the agency costs of firms in the context of Chinese listed firms. Design/methodology …

The effects of gender diversity in boards of directors on the number of female managers promoted

H Kim, Y Kim - Baltic Journal of Management, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose This study elaborates on the process through which gender-diverse boards of
directors increase representation of females in management positions. This study draws on …

The connection between gender diversity and firm performance: Evidence from Taiwan

CW Chen, NK Sutton, B Yi, Q Zheng - International Review of Financial …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper examines the factors influencing female board membership in Taiwan over the
period from 1996 through 2017 and the potential impact of female board representation on …

Gender diversity in boardrooms–A literature review

S Reddy, AM Jadhav - Cogent Economics & Finance, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This paper examines the advancement of literature on gender diversity on corporate boards
(board gender diversity). We discuss important management theories cited in the literature …

Firm-level determinants of gender diversity in the boardrooms: Evidence from some emerging markets

A Saeed, Y Belghitar, A Yousaf - International Business Review, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper examines the determinants of board gender diversity in the context of emerging
economies. Specifically, we investigate the impact of organizational characteristics on …