Impact of gender diversity on social and environmental performance: evidence from Malaysia

Alazzani, Abdulsamad; Hassanein, Ahmed; Al-Janadi, Yaseen

doi:10.1108/cg-12-2015-0161

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“…With respect to social disclosure, this study finds that the presence of female directors does not significantly influence the level of disclosure of social matters. This is in contrast to the findings of Alazzani et al () whose study of 133 Malaysian listed firms in the year 2009 finds that board gender diversity has significant impact on social performance but not on environmental performance. However, the disclosure scores used in this study measure transparency, not performance, and are a measure of the amount of information disclosed by the firm.…”

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“…Female directors are therefore more likely to be supportive of and influential on decisions pertaining to the community, environment, and social responsibility (Hillman, Cannella, & Harris, ; Nielsen & Huse, ). However, prior research also find that men are more concerned about the environment than women (Diamantopoulos, Schlegelmilch, Sinkovics, & Bohlen, ; Grunert & Kristensen, ) and that women are more comfortable dealing with social issues whereas men prefer to be more involved in environmental and economic activities (Alazzani et al, ; Bernardi & Arnold, ).…”

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“…They also tend to have greater experiences in board and management positions in smaller businesses (Singh, Terjesen, & Vinnicombe, ); hence, they are able to provide the board with different perspectives on CSR issues. However, Alazzani et al () point out that in interviews with board members in Australian firms, inputs by female directors are welcomed only on “soft issues” such as human resources, corporate donations, and ethics but not on technical issues such as engineering. Therefore, inputs of female directors are sought more on social issues rather than environmental issues such as reduction of pollution and waste management, which are more engineering in nature.…”

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“…The inclusion of women on corporate boards is expected to improve the role of social issues such as human rights, climate change, and income equality in corporate strategy (Loop & DeNicola, ). Although prior studies have been conducted in the Malaysian context, the studies have mainly covered short periods of time (Abd‐Rahman & Ku‐Ismail, ; Ahmad et al, ; Alazzani, Hassanein, & Aljanadi, ). Additionally, prior studies on ESG globally find gender differences in each component of ESG with some studies finding that women are more comfortable dealing with social issues whereas men with environmental issues.…”

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“…7 The inclusion of women on corporate boards is expected to improve the role of social issues such as human rights, climate change, and income equality in corporate strategy (Loop & DeNicola, 2019). Although prior studies have been conducted in the Malaysian context, the studies have mainly covered short periods of time (Abd-Rahman & Ku-Ismail, 2016;Ahmad et al, 2018;Alazzani, Hassanein, & Aljanadi, 2017).…”

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This study aims to investigate the effect of board gender diversity on the transparency of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) disclosures in an emerging market such as Malaysia. Dataset is comprised of 568 firm‐year observations from 78 firms listed on the Bursa Malaysia. Ordinary least squares regression analysis of the data shows that ESG disclosure scores are significantly improved with the increasing presence of women directors on corporate boards. However, when the individual components are studied, the impact of board gender diversity varies. This study contributes to the limited but growing literature on ESG reporting quality and board gender diversity especially in emerging economies.

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Based on the upper echelons theory, ecofeminist theory, and natural resource‐based theory (NRBV), this study has constructed a relational model between female executives' participation, unethical environmental behavior, proactive environmental strategy, and corporate sustainable competitive advantage. The samples include a total of 496 female executives from listed 524 companies in the manufacturing sector in China, and multiple regression methods are used for the analysis. The study showed that female executives' participation had double positive effects on corporate sustainable competitive advantage, which included both the inhibiting effect on unethical environmental behavior and the stimulating effect on proactive environmental strategies. The study also explored the boundary conditions of “conservative” and “proactive” behaviors from the internal and external perspectives of enterprises. But it was shown that the effect would not be further improved when both moderation effects of environmental stakeholder pressure and environmental leadership were higher at the same time. As enterprises' behaviors should match with their capability range, radical behaviors might run counter to their desires.

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This study provides an empirical investigation of the impact of Corporate Governance (CG) attributes on the environmental and social aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The dependent variables considered for the description of the environmental and social aspects of CSR were determined using the Refinitiv approach, and through the lens of agency, stakeholder, and resource dependency theories. The independent variables were selected based on the literature and involve eight CG attributes, namely: CSR committee, CEO duality, board meeting attendance, board meetings frequency, non‐executive board members, board gender diversity, board specific skills, and board experience.The employed methodology was evaluated through a sample of dependent and independent variable data of 313 companies across the European region excluding companies from the Eurozone for the period of 2006–2020. A suite of machine learning models was employed for capturing the most important determinants of the environmental and social aspects of CSR.The results reveal that three main corporate governance attributes may have a significant impact on a company's environmental and social performance. These attributes involve more female directors and directors with low board experience in board positions, and finally, the existence of CSR committees. The derived findings provide significant implications for corporate directors, socially responsible investors, policymakers, and regulators that intend to promote CSR initiatives and strategies.

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Impact of gender diversity on social and environmental performance: evidence from Malaysia

Abstract: Ti t l e I m p a c t of g e n d e r div e r sity o n s o ci al a n d e n vi r o n m e n t al p e rfo r m a n c e e vi d e n c e fro m M al ay si a

Cited by 169 publications

References 74 publications

Board gender diversity and transparency of environmental, social and governance disclosure: Evidence from Malaysia

Board gender diversity and transparency of environmental, social and governance disclosure: Evidence from Malaysia

The double effects of female executives' participation on corporate sustainable competitive advantage through unethical environmental behavior and proactive environmental strategy

The impact of corporate governance attributes on environmental and social performance: The case of European region excluding companies from the Eurozone

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