2011
DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.1953152
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Does Gender Matter in the Boardroom? Evidence from the Market Reaction to Mandatory New Director Announcements

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“…Gender and Ethnic Diversity on Boards and Corporate Responsibility: The Case of the Arts Sector This supports earlier findings which examined how organisations may benefit more from female board member appointments (Adams et al 2011), including the impact they have on board dynamics and processes, leading to better returns on investment (Desvaux et al 2010a, b) and having better attendance records than men (Adams and Ferreira 2009).…”
Section: His View Is Reinforced By Otherssupporting
confidence: 83%
“…Gender and Ethnic Diversity on Boards and Corporate Responsibility: The Case of the Arts Sector This supports earlier findings which examined how organisations may benefit more from female board member appointments (Adams et al 2011), including the impact they have on board dynamics and processes, leading to better returns on investment (Desvaux et al 2010a, b) and having better attendance records than men (Adams and Ferreira 2009).…”
Section: His View Is Reinforced By Otherssupporting
confidence: 83%
“…It is plausible, for example, that they have a similar effect as diversity disclosure rules. Adams, Nowland and Grey (2011) show that the ASX diversity disclosure requirements led to a significant increase in the number of female directors that were appointed in Australia. Because all such disclosure policies occurred after the end of our sample period, we do not consider the effects of such disclosure policies separately.…”
Section: Country-level Characteristics Related To the Representatmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Although several attempts have been made to establish the relationship between the individual aspects of board diversity on the performance of the firm (Ujunwu, Okoyeuzu and Nwakoby, 2012;Laible, 2013;Adams, Gray and Nowland, 2011;Marimuthu and Kolandaisamy, 2009), there appears to be no consensus on whether one aspect of board diversity impacts more on the performance of the firm than another. However, literature is unanimous that board diversity in general does affect the performance of the firm and results in diverse opinions that impacts on the quality of corporate decisions (Bernardi and Threadgill, 2010;Adams and Ferreira, 2008;Dobbin and Jung, 2011;Salehnezhad and Abbasi, 2013).…”
Section: Board Diversitymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The empirical evidence in literature is that inclusion of females in corporate boards provides some level of corporate legitimacy to investors, increases social and environmental responsibility, improvements in intra-board communication and overall management style leading to improved financial performance and shareholder value, increased customer and employee satisfaction, rising investor confidence, and greater market knowledge and reputation (Adams and Ferreira;2008;Adams, Gray and Nowland, 2011;Sweigart, 2012;IFC, 2013).…”
Section: Board Diversitymentioning
confidence: 99%