“…In the director’s context, the SCAT implies how directors socialize into the boardrooms by grouping themselves with a person who shares similar values or characteristics. The categorization also helps the directors provide a sense of belonging in the boardrooms such as minority directors such as female or non-citizen directors (Chen et al, 2016; Jonsdottir et al, 2015; Kaczmarek et al, 2012a); shorten their social distance such as sharing a similar surname and or being members of the corporate elite (Huang et al, 2022; McDonald & Westphal, 2010; Pirzada et al, 2017; Zhang et al, 2020); implied their perceived role, such as being an expert or typical director, family or lone-founder director, and first or non-first son director (Cannella et al, 2015; Elms & Nicholson, 2020; Yoo et al, 2014); and elected union directors (Guerrero et al, 2017).…”