Fatma Begum, South Asia’s first female director

2020 ◽  
pp. 21-34
Author(s):  
Rashmi Sawhney
Keyword(s):  
Female Director

Boards of directors in Russian publicly traded companies: the gender aspect

2018 ◽  
pp. 142-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. A. Garanina ◽  
A. A. Muravyev
Keyword(s):  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Company Performance ◽  
Corporate Boards ◽  
Publicly Traded ◽  
Publicly Traded Companies ◽  
Representation Of Women ◽  
Female Directors ◽  
Female Director ◽  
Gender Aspect ◽  
Longitudinal Dataset

This article studies the gender composition of corporate boards of Russian companies, including its relation to company performance. The analysis is based on a unique longitudinal dataset of virtually all Russian companies whose shares were traded on the stock market in 1998-2014. It shows a relatively small representation of women, just 12% of all the seats, while about 40% of the companies did not have any female director. At the same time, both the share of companies that appoint female directors and the share of female directors on boards show a clear upward trend. The econometric analysis suggests a positive link between the presence of female directors on boards and company performance, especially when firms appoint several, rather than one, female directors.

Female directors and CSR disclosure in Bangladesh: the role of family affiliation

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pallab Kumar Biswas ◽  
Helen Roberts ◽  
Rosalind Heather Whiting
Keyword(s):  
Family Firms ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Female Directors ◽  
Csr Disclosure ◽  
Female Director ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This paper aims to investigate the impact of female director affiliations to governing families on corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosures in the context of Bangladeshi firms. Design/methodology/approach This study uses a quantitative empirical research method grounded in Socioemotional Wealth (SEW) theory. Data was sourced from Bangladeshi publicly listed non-financial sector companies’ annual reports and stock exchange trading and publication reports and consists of 2,637 firm-year observations from 1996 to 2011. Pooled multivariate regression models are used to test the association between corporate social and environmental disclosure and female directors, and the family affiliation (or not) of those directors. Findings The findings provide strong evidence that female directors who are affiliated to the governing family, founders and other board members reduce CSR disclosure in family firms; unaffiliated female board directors enhance CSR disclosure, and this effect is significant in both family and non-family firms. Research limitations/implications Definitions of family firms and affiliated directors may lead to over-generalization in the results. Originality/value The study highlights variation in the nature of female board appointments in emerging market family-controlled firms. The findings bring attention to the role of affiliated female director appointments in family ownership structures and speak directly to family business owners, advisors and policy makers about the importance of unaffiliated female directors as catalysts of improved CSR disclosure in family and non-family firms.

scholarly journals Analisis Pengaruh Direktur dan Komisaris Wanita terhadap Performa Perusahaan Asuransi Jiwa di Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 29 (3) ◽  
pp. 1132
Author(s):  
Arya Kandrasyah ◽  
Graciala Denita ◽  
Dyah Ambar ◽  
Musa Fresno ◽  
Dewi Hanggraeni
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Life Insurance ◽  
Quantitative Method ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Least Square ◽  
Insurance Companies ◽  
Insurance Company ◽  
Life Insurance Company ◽  
Multiple Regression Technique ◽  
Female Director

This research aims to determine whether the composition and attributes of female in the company’s board influence the performance of life insurance companies in Indonesia. The method used in this research is quantitative method, with pooled least square multiple regression technique. This research sample consist of 22 life insurance company in Indonesia on the 2014-2018 period. This research result shows that the female composition on the company’s board influences the performance of life insurance companies in Indonesia. While the educational and multi-directorship attributes, as well as corporate governance affect the performance of life insurance companies in Indonesia. Keywords : Performance; Female director; Female commissioner; Corporate Governance; Life Insurance.

A Feminist Perspective Analysis of Gender in Cinema of Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-73
Author(s):  
Gülşah Sarı
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Saudi Arabian ◽  
Feminist Perspective ◽  
Film Criticism ◽  
Analysis Technique ◽  
The Social ◽  
Feminist Film ◽  
Female Director ◽  
Perspective Analysis

In this study, Wadjda (2012), directed by Haifa El Mansur, will be analyzed from a feminist perspective in the context of the concept of gender. Mansur demonstrates to the cinema audience through a 10-year-old girl that women get out of their passive positions and get their rights partially. In this study, firstly the social structure of Saudi Arabia and the position of woman, the concept of gender and feminist film criticism, which is the analysis technique of the film, will be examined and the position of women in Saudi Arabian society will be examined through Wadjda shot by a Saudi female director.

Board diversity: female director participation and corporate innovation

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alireza Vafaei ◽  
Darren Henry ◽  
Kamran Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Key Management ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Corporate Innovation ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Female Director ◽  
The Impact

Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of board female participation on Australian firms’ innovation. Design/methodology/approach Data are from the 500 largest Australian Securities Exchange (ASX)-listed companies for 2004–2015. Measures of innovation concern input (research and development expenditure and intangible assets) and output (patents registered) indicators. Findings A positive and significant association exists between female director participation and firm innovation activity. This association exists across industry classifications independent of technological importance and is particularly driven by materials and health-care sectors. Findings support calls for more board diversity in line with board female membership positively influencing innovative investment and development activities. Practical implications The economic efficacy of the latest revisions to the ASX Corporate Governance Council principles and recommendations (“ASX CGC revisions”) is supported. Diverse boards are a strong source of innovation. Regulators and corporations can use the findings to establish principles and practices that promote female board diversity. Originality/value This study is the first to examine the link between board diversity and corporate innovation in Australia where there is under-representation of women on corporate boards and in key management positions. Also lacking are formal legislative or governance policy mandates on board gender diversity. Beyond confirming a positive association between board diversity and levels of corporate innovation, this paper provides new findings that this relationship is driven by women who are non-executive (independent) directors, independent of the underlying technology intensity of firms and moderated by the nature of firm-level profitability and growth opportunities.

Female Board Presence and the Likelihood of Financial Restatement

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 607-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence J. Abbott ◽  
Susan Parker ◽  
Theresa J. Presley
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Matched Pair ◽  
Related Factors ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
Financial Restatement ◽  
Sarbanes Oxley ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Lower Likelihood ◽  
Female Director ◽  
The Impact

SYNOPSIS: This paper investigates the impact of one form of board diversity on the incidence of financial restatement. More specifically, we hypothesize that there is a negative relation between female board presence (defined as whether or not a board has at least one female director) and the likelihood of a financial restatement. Our hypothesis is consistent with a female board presence contributing to the board's ability to maintain an attitude of mental independence, diminishing the extent of groupthink and enhancing the ability of the board to monitor financial reporting. Utilizing the U.S. General Accounting Office (U.S. GAO 2002) report on restatements, we construct a matched-pair sample of 278 annual (187 quarterly) restatement and 278 annual (187 quarterly) control firms. After controlling for other restatement-related factors, we find a significant association between the presence of at least one woman on the board and a lower likelihood of restatement. Our results continue to hold in annual restatements from the post-Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) time period.

scholarly journals Dividend payout among Nigerian firms: Do female directors matters?

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Adamu Adamu Idris ◽  
Rokiah Ishak ◽  
Nor Laili Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Strong Association ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Alternative Measure ◽  
Exchange Market ◽  
Financial Firms ◽  
Logit Regression ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Female Director

This study explores how female director(s) affect the decision to pay dividend in the sub-Saharan Africa. The study specifically employs non-financial firms listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange Market from 2009-2015 and logit regression as the technique for data analysis. The independent variable of interest in the study is female director. Consistent with the hypothesis, the study found strong association that firms with at least one female director on board are more likely to affect the payment of dividends. The findings subsist after the commencement of the 2011 CCG and when firms with negative earnings were excluded from the main sample. Furthermore, the results do not change when the model was re-estimated using an alternative measure of female director as well as using OLS regression.

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