productivity. In male-dominated industries, sexism and discrimination may prevent women from attaining leadership positions …, especially in manufacturing. This is especially apparent where women are viewed as less technical in ASEAN manufacturing …

Companies have been encouraged by policy to place women on board and top management positions. Proposals from … regulators and governance reforms explicitly stress the importance of gender diversity in the boardroom. This paper analyzes the … impact of the presence of women in executive and non-executive positions, as Chairs, CEOs or CFOs, on firm value in the …

The idea of work-family balance has generated considerable interest for researchers who tried to focus mainly on the … can be implemented by men and women leaders to balance their work and non-work activities and promote their roles as …

compensation which can be mitigated by having gender diverse compensation committee. We also find CEO excessive compensation is … positively linked to firm performance when firms have gender diverse compensation committees. Moreover, we also find that the … governance role of gender diverse compensation committee on CEO’s excessive pay varies across sub-national institutional …

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 …

presence has a different effect on the firm's CSR practices according to its family or non-family nature. We then consider … between family and non-family firms, whether or not they are located in Latin American countries. …

gender and type of female director and analyze the relationship between the number and proportion of women on the SC, their …Applying a mixed theoretical approach, this paper addresses the causal relationship between the presence of women on … positive and significant relationship between stock returns and the percentage of women on the SC. The results also indicate …

Global gender diversity initiatives driven by international organizations, such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF …) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) demand more participation of women in corporate … boardroom. Nevertheless, prior research relating to the participation of women on corporates' boards provides equivocal …

requirement (soft law) on women's participation in such positions. In addition, it examines the effect of gender diversification …This study contributes to the literatures on the influence of Malaysia's board of directors' gender diversification … female participation in the board of directors, although the 30% set target was not achieved. The findings show that gender …