scholarly journals Board diversity and financial performance: A graphical time-series approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-448 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cobus CH Taljaard ◽  
Michael JD Ward ◽  
Chris J Muller
Keyword(s):  
Time Series ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Fiduciary Duty ◽  
Share Price ◽  
Theoretical Frameworks ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Board Diversity

Directors need to guide and govern companies on behalf of and for the benefit of shareholders and stakeholders. However questions remain as to whether boards with higher levels of diversity amongst directors are better equipped to fulfil their fiduciary duty than boards with lower levels of diversity. This research examines whether increased levels of diversity within boards are associated with improved financial performance to shareholders. From the literature, several theoretical frameworks that could explain why increased diversity might or might not lead to improved board performance were noted. Share returns and directors’ demographic data were collected for a sample of the largest 40 companies listed on the JSE from 2000 to 2013. This data was analysed using Muller and Ward’s (2013) investment style engine by forming portfolios of companies based on board-diversity constructs. Time-series graphs of cumulative portfolio market returns were analysed to determine if the diversity dimensions tested were associated with improved share performance. The results show that racial diversity within boards is not associated with financial performance. However, increased gender diversity and younger average board age are shown to have strong associations with improved share price performance. These findings are mainly attributed to agency-, resource dependency, human capital and signalling theories. Increased diversity is seen to bolster independence and lessen agency problems. Rising diversity levels also enlarge boards’ external networks, allowing diverse stakeholders’ needs to be accommodated and limiting dependence on strategic resources. Finally, as human capital is increased, the collection of different skills and experiences are associated with better performance. The results, based on a more robust methodology and improved data set, provide additional support to previous studies.

scholarly journals Unobservable characteristics of board directors and the performance of financial services firms in Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 378-388
Author(s):  
Henry Osahon Osazevbaru ◽  
Emmanuel Mitaire Tarurhor
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Share Price ◽  
Corporate Board ◽  
Return On Assets ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Strategic Performance ◽  
Financial Firms

This paper examines the intricate link between unobservable characteristics of directors on the corporate board and firm performance. It aims to extend the literature on corporate governance and firm strategic performance from the perspective of emerging African economies. A mix of performance measures were used (Tobin Q, return on assets, and share price) and unobservable characteristics were captured as a stochastic element or heterogeneity of observable board characteristics (board activity, gender diversity, size, and independence). The study applied non-linear generalized auto-regressive conditional heteroscedasticity model to examine the data set consisting of 299 firm-year observations from 23 financial firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange from 2006 to 2018. Positive skewness and leptokurtic distribution were found for all the variables. Correlation matrix revealed no multicollinearity, as the highest value was 0.2386. Empirical results suggest that unobservable characteristics significantly and positively influence firm performance as measured by return on assets and share price. This is because the coefficient of the lagged-value of the variance scaling parameter is positive and significant at the 1% level. However, with respect to Tobin Q measure, the result was positive but not significant at the 5% level. Implicitly, the result is sensitive to performance proxies. Accordingly, this study concludes that unobservable characteristics drive firm performance. It is recommended that boards and regulators should pay attention to unobservable characteristics.

scholarly journals Board Diversity: More Than a Gender Issue?

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Adams
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Governance Structure ◽  
Share Price ◽  
Corporate Boards ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
The World ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The 1960S ◽  
The Right

There has been extensive research conducted on the importance of corporate governance around the world. The research seems to demonstrate that, regardless of whether corporations are based in common law or civil code systems, their longevity and sustainability arise from good corporate governance. However, the evidence does not clearly demonstrate a correlation between a particular organisation’s governance structure and practices and its share price. Around the world the question of board diversity is gaining in importance. The beginning of the debate in the 1960s centred on gender. While it is essential to conduct a debate on gender diversity, other aspects of diversity should also be considered. Race, culture and even age may have a direct impact on the performance of a board. Australian companies, particularly those listed on the ASX, have a poor record of instituting any type of diversity. The USA and European Union have a much wider range of policies to promote diversity on corporate boards. The key question is how best to regulate to promote diversity across gender, race, culture and age. The historical approach of regulating diversity by setting targets and requiring disclosure does not seem to have delivered substantial change. Is it the right time to impose mandatory requirements, or are there other alternative strategies? Without doubt change is required, but there will be opposition.

scholarly journals Corporate Board Diversity and Financial Performance: The Nigerian Insurance Sector’s Perspective

Growth ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Gbarato, Ledum Moses
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Board Composition ◽  
Corporate Board ◽  
Board Size ◽  
Board Diversity

The presence of appropriate gender diversity, board size and board composition does not only promote favourable organizational ambience but also offers meaningful upsurge in the financial position of an organization relatively. It is on this premise that prompted the essence to examine the relationship between corporate board diversity and financial performance of insurance companies in Nigeria for the period 2014 to 2018. Secondary data from Cornerstone Insurance Plc. and Lasaco Assurance Plc. were employed in the study. Using the Panel least Square regression technique, the results reveal that gender diversity, board size and board composition exert insignificant influence on profit before tax as the measure of financial performance. However, while gender diversity exerts negative influence, board size and board composition exert positive influences on profit before tax of insurance companies. The study concludes that employment of appropriate number of directors and also in suitable composition as board members have positive effect on the financial performance of insurance firms. Therefore, the study recommended among others, that: appropriate ratio of executive to independent non-executive directors should be maintained among board members for better decision-making at the interest of all stakeholders. Also, the ratio of gender diversity (female to male directors) should be increased as the role of women in resource management cannot be relegated to the background especially in financial performance of insurance companies.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Intellectual Capital and Financial Performance of Banks in Tanzania

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 28
Author(s):  
Janeth N. Isanzu
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Intellectual Capital ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Capital Efficiency ◽  
Period Data ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Efficiency Indicators

This study examines intellectual capital (IC) performance of banks operating in Tanzania,and investigates the relationship of IC on financial performance. It identifies the IC componentsthat may be the drivers of the traditional indicators of bank success. The study uses the ValueAdded of Intellectual Coefficient VAIC™ methodology, to measure the Intellectual Capitalefficiency of the Banks using a four years period data set from 2010 to 2013. The results of asurvey, show that intellectual capital performance of Tanzania is low and it is positively associatedwith bank financial performance indicators. However, when VAIC is split into its components, therelationships between these components and bank financial performance indicators vary. Threevalue efficiency indicators, Human Capital Efficiency (HCE), Capital Employed Efficiency (CEE) andStructural Capital Efficiency (SCE) which are the components of VAIC™ ratio, were used in theanalysis.

Board diversity and financial performance: empirical evidence from the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Khaled Hosny ◽  
Adel Elgharbawy
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Ordinary Least Squares ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Executive Directors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Thomson Reuters ◽  
Education Network

Purpose This study aims to investigate the relationship between board diversity and financial performance from a wide perspective, including multiple dimensions of board diversity. Design/methodology/approach The cross-sectional design of the FTSE 350 companies in the period of 2013–2019 was adopted in this study. Data were collected using the Thomson Reuters Eikon and BoardEx databases and analyzed via ordinary least Squares (OLS) regression. Findings Both gender and skill diversity positively affect financial performance. However, other dimensions of diversity, including board tenure, education and network, have no significant influence on financial performance. On the other hand, nationality diversity negatively affects financial performance, and the gender diversity of executive directors negatively affects market-based performance. The results remain unchanged after considering endogeneity concerns and using alternative measures of financial performance. Practical implications This study provides useful insights into the importance of board diversity and its implications for firm performance, which can help in the development of future regulations and policies, such as female representation on the board. The findings can also guide companies toward the best way of diversifying their boardrooms in different aspects. Originality/value This study extensively investigates board diversity, including gender, tenure, skill and education, network and nationality, using the lens of the resource dependency theory. It also extends the scope of the study to examine some characteristics of executive directors, including gender and age. The evidence is provided from one of the leading countries in regulating corporate governance (CG), i.e. the UK.

Contextualizing comprehensive board diversity and firm financial performance: Integrating market, management and shareholder’s perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (5) ◽  
pp. 634-678 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rohail Hassan ◽  
Maran Marimuthu
Keyword(s):  
Firm Performance ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Muslim Women ◽  
Listed Companies ◽  
Corporate Boards ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
Firm Financial Performance

AbstractThe study investigates demographic diversity, cognitive diversity and internal diversity within Islam among top-level management of firms and their impacts on the financial performance of Malaysian-listed companies. In addition, Muslim and non-Muslim women and Islamic religious diversity on corporate boards are investigated. Even though numerous organisations desire to be socially diverse, the significance of diversity for organisational performance remains uncertain. Are profitable companies inclined to improve board diversity or do other characteristics of the company contribute to firm performance? Does the participation of Muslim and non-Muslim women on corporate boards affect firm performance? Does internal diversity within Islam affect firm performance? Data from 330 Malaysian-listed companies in eleven full fledged sectors were used for the period from 2009 to 2013. This study employed econometrics methodology from panel data analysis to fill the research gap in the current management literature. This study used the interaction approach to examine empirically diverse corporate boards and their impacts on firm performance. This discussion included: (1) a combination of gender diversity and ethnic diversity and (2) a combination of gender diversity and foreign participation. The findings suggest that demographic, cognitive and internal diversity within Islam are significant predictors of a firm’s financial performance. Ethnic women on boards have a significant and negative impact on firm performance. Hence, companies having high profits are more accountable for encouraging diversity among top-level management.

Board Diversity and Firm Performance: Panel Data Evidence from 12 Selected Commercial Banks in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sixtus Cyprian Onyekwere ◽  
Nafisah I. Babangida
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Financial Performance ◽  
Resource Dependence ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
Banking Institutions ◽  
Board Gender Diversity

Motivated by the continuous but inconclusive and ambiguous evidence on the relationship between board diversity and financial performance, this study aimed at providing new evidence that will enhance the state of knowledge by establishing if board diversity affects the financial performance of listed Banking institutions in Nigeria. The key dependent variables of interest were Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE) and the independent variables of interest were board gender diversity and board independence. The study sampled 12 listed banks from the Nigerian stock exchange and relied on secondary data from the Bloomberg database and the annual reports of the banking institutions. Panel data methodology was used to analyse the data for the period under review (2015-2019). The results of the study indicated that board gender diversity has a significant positive impact on both ROA and ROE of the banking institutions. Conversely, the findings of the study indicated that board independence has a significant negative impact on both ROA and ROE of banking institutions. The findings of this study are related to Agency and Resource dependence theories and will contribute to meaningful policy reforms that can improve corporate governance, especially in the banking industry. The results of the study strongly recommend the need to increase the number of female directors on the boards of banking institutions. The study further recommends ways in which the contributions of both female and independent directors can be promoted in other to benefit from their presence on the board.

Gender diversity in the board and firms performance

2020 ◽  
pp. 2050044
Author(s):  
Muhammad Ishfaq Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Akram Naseem ◽  
Ramiz ur Rehman ◽  
Rizwan Ali ◽  
Suhaib Mazoor
Keyword(s):  
Financial Performance ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Board Independence ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
Significant Positive Influence

Good corporate governance has been on the corporate agenda for the last two decades. Among other issues, female’s presentation in the board rooms received much more attention. This study examines the participation of females as an executive in corporate management and financial performance of the engineering sector of Pakistan. The data comes from listed companies at the Pakistan Stock exchange from 2010 to 2019. By using the data of 12 companies, it is found that there is a significant positive relationship between board diversity and financial performance. Moreover, board size and board meetings and CEO education have a significant positive influence on the financial performance of firms. However, board independence has a significant negative influence on financial performance.

scholarly journals Board Diversity and Accounting Conservatism: Evidence from Jordan

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammed Hassan Makhlouf ◽  
Fares Jamiel Al-Sufy ◽  
Haitham Almubaideen
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Accounting Conservatism ◽  
Diversity Education ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Industrial Firms ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
Nationality Diversity

The main aim of this research is to investigate whether board diversity affect the accounting conservatism. This study depends on a panel data set drawn from 68 industrial firms listed on Amman Stock Exchange (ASE) for the period from 2013 to 2016. Four demographic characteristics of directors have been investigated, namely: gender diversity, education level, average age and nationality diversity. Accounting conservatism was measured by accrual-based conservatism. The results indicate that gender diversity, education level and nationality diversity are significantly positively correlated with accounting conservatism. However, the findings fail to reveal any significant effect for directors' age on accounting conservatism. The findings of this study assert that it is necessary to take board diversity (directors' demographic characteristics) into account when choosing board of directors members because demographic characteristics diversity influences directors' behavior to deal with different issues that are related to accounting principles.

scholarly journals Board Diversity and Dividend Payout Ratio: Evidence from Family Firms in Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Rahmat Setiawan ◽  
Annisa Paramaswary Aslam
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
Dividend Payout ◽  
Dividend Payments ◽  
Board Gender Diversity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Nationality Diversity

This study investigates the impact of Board of Commissioners (BoC) diversity on dividend payments in the listed family firms in Indonesia. This study uses diversity for gender, nationality and tenure to describe the board of commissioners diversity. Using a data set of listed family firms in Indonesia Stock Exchange over the period 2012-2016, we find evidence indicating that board gender diversity is positively related to dividend payments. Secondly, we find evidence that board tenure diversity is positively related to dividend payments. However, the board nationality diversity does not remain significant on dividend payments.

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