Is there a ‘business case’ for board gender diversity within French listed SMEs

Houanti, L’Hocine; Ammari, Aymen; Le, Nhu Tuyên

doi:10.1080/13504851.2017.1390308

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“…Along these lines, environmental sustainability is also positively influenced by the existence of gender diversity in a company's board of directors [37]. Similarly, other topics that have been widely studied by academics during this period include the gender pay gap, company financial performance and the amount of debt based on the presence of women in the board of directors and the relationship between company size and gender diversity [38][39][40]. Generally speaking, it is thought that the presence of women in senior level positions leads to companies showing better performance, as they are believed to make higher-quality decisions [41].…”

Section: Third Period (2013-2020)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Although it is difficult to measure the impact of decisions made, it is true that the Return On Equity ratio (ROE) is higher in companies that have women in management positions [42]. Lastly, if we consider the relationship between company size and gender diversity, it may seem as if there is no relationship [39]; however, academics that have studied this subject have concluded that there are more women in the board of directors in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) than in larger companies [41]. This may be due to the fact that SMEs have a greater degree of flexibility as they are often family companies, which makes it somewhat easier to balance work and family life [40,43].…”

Section: Third Period (2013-2020)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender Diversity in Boards of Directors: A Bibliometric Mapping

Sánchez‐Teba

Benítez-Márquez

Porras-Alcalá

2021

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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The literature on gender diversity in boards of directors has expanded significantly in recent years, due to the fact that women are increasingly holding higher management positions within the company hierarchy, clearly demonstrating that certain characteristics of women have a positive impact on different areas within the company. The objective of this paper is to analyze scientific articles on the presence of women in boards of directors, based on a literature review, in order to learn about the evolution of this concept over time. The search conducted for this paper produced 300 documents from the Web of Science, with a final total result of 168 documents after passing the initial results through various filters. VOSviewer software was used to analyze the information, which enabled the creation of bibliometric citation, co-citation and co-word maps. The results reveal the most relevant authors and studies on this subject and identify the most current studies, the main topic of which deals with sustainability and corporate social responsibility, in addition to highlighting the characteristics of women that are of vital importance to boards of directors within the current context: empathy, open innovation, concern for the needs of interest groups and a heightened perception of risks.

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Section: Third Period (2013-2020)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Third Period (2013-2020)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Diversity in Boards of Directors: A Bibliometric Mapping

Sánchez‐Teba

Benítez-Márquez

Porras-Alcalá

2021

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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“…Są też autorzy, którzy twierdzą, że można mówić wyłącznie o korzyściach pozaekonomicznych. Korzyści ekonomiczne to lepsze wyniki finansowe [Lisowska 2010;Credit Suisse 2012;McKinsey 2013;Post, Byron 2014;Conyon, He 2017;Vishwakarma 2017;Dang et al 2018; Martin-Ugedo, Minguez-Vera, Palma-Martos 2018], skuteczniejsze zarządzanie zyskami firmy [Fan et al 2019], wyższa wartość firmy na rynku [Wang, Shao 2017;Dzinkowski 2018;Triki-Damak 2018].…”

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Kobiety na stanowiskach menedżerskich a konkurencyjność firm

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2019

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Celem artykułu jest pokazanie najnowszych danych liczbowych, ilustrujących udział kobiet na stanowiskach menedżerskich w Polsce na tle krajów europejskich oraz wskazanie, że zróżnicowane pod względem płci zarządy mają wpływ na konkurencyjność przedsiębiorstwa. W analizie będą wykorzystane dane wtórne, czyli opublikowane wyniki dotychczasowych badań nad tym stosunkowo nowym zagadnieniem, jakim są korzyści płynące z różnorodności ze względu na płeć na najwyższych szczeblach zarządzania.(fragment tekstu)

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“…The results of some research present (directly or indirectly) the advantages gained by companies whose objective is to have women in their management boards. Such research concerns mainly the following: a) economic advantages (Conyon & He, 2017;Dang et al, 2018;Hoobler et al, 2018;Mohammad et al, 2018;Adhikari, 2018;Hichem & Achek, 2017;Bjuggren et al, 2018;Martín-Ugedo et al, 2018;Ellwood & Garcia-Lacalle, 2018;Wang & Shao, 2017;Seung-Hwan & Harrison, 2017;Vishwakarma, 2017;Menicucci et al, 2019), b) remuneration (Wahab et al, 2018;Haruna et al, 2018;Benkraiem et al, 2017;Stojmenovska, 2019), c) the level of innovativeness (Chen et al, 2018), and d) corporate social responsibility (Zou et al, 2018). The latest research also presents the advantages gained by organizations and ensuing from female managers' and/or owners' ethical behaviour (Breen et al, 2017;Bono et al, 2017;Ray et al, 2017;Deller et al, 2017).…”

Section: The Advantages Gained By Organizations In Which Women Performentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Research conducted in small and medium enterprises (in the years 2010-2014) also indicated that companies in which women are represented in management boards achieved better financial results. This relation is not simple, however, because many internal and external factors exert influence on the financial results (Dang et al, 2018). Other studies taking into consideration the short-and long-term perspectives showed that women's presence in top managerial positions was positively, although weakly, related to long-term financial results, and had a negative, although weak, relation to short-term share market profits (Seung-Hwan & Harrison, 2017).…”

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Women in Management – Future Research Directions

Bugdol¹,

Pokrzywa²

2019

IJCM

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Background. Gender is an important element regarding women's (and men's) situation in organizations. Numerous research studies indicate that women have the required competences and yet they hold positions, in particular top managerial positions, definitely less frequently than men. These differences can be explained by the still existing phenomenon of the glass ceiling and discrimination against women. In addition, knowledge about effective methods of preventing discrimination against women and their importance for the functioning of the organization is little. Research aims. The objective of this paper was to identify the dominant trends in research on women in organizational management. On the basis of the grouped results of the conducted literature review, the authors outlined new research directions which had previously been absent from, or attracted little attention in, the existing discourse. Methodology. The main method applied by the authors was systematic literature review and the principles of research conducted in the fields of management and business (Creswell, 2013; Easterby-Smith, Thorne & Jackson, 2015). Key findings. The authors indicated various possibilities of conducting research on women in management. For example, studies on the glass ceiling effect do not explain differences between the conduct of organizations with a long-term orientation and those pursuing short-term objectives. As far as financial benefits are concerned, it is not clear what causes organizations whose management boards include women to achieve better financial results and how such results are influenced by the external context. With respect to preventing discrimination, an important task is to grasp the differences between the strength of prosocial behaviours and training/procedures. There are also many research directions that should be further developed, e.g. differences between women and men in the manifestation of counterproductive and citizenship behaviours.

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Is there a ‘business case’ for board gender diversity within French listed SMEs

Cited by 17 publications

References 9 publications

Gender Diversity in Boards of Directors: A Bibliometric Mapping

Gender Diversity in Boards of Directors: A Bibliometric Mapping

Kobiety na stanowiskach menedżerskich a konkurencyjność firm

Women in Management – Future Research Directions

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