Diverse boards have been seen as providing impetus for initiating change. However, diversity may introduce conflict and impede decision-making, which could hinder the ability of the firm to make strategic change, especially in times when firm performance is low. Integrating threat-rigidity...

This study examines the relationship between board gender diversity and the tendency of firms to incorporate ESG metrics in performance-based compensation. We find that firms with female directors are more likely to shape their executive remuneration plans to be more ESG-oriented. The positive...

This study examines the interplay of co-determination law and board gender quotas using novel board-director panel data for Norway. We present descriptive evidence suggesting that boards with employee representatives on boards of directors were more gender diverse before the gender quota....

We enjoin stakeholder theory, radical-cultural feminist theory, and critical race theory with critical intersectionality to critique findings which suggest that there still are significantly more men than women on nearly every Fortune 500 board of directors, with only six corporations featuring...

This study examines the governing role of gender diversity on the board of directors on conditional accounting conservatism and executive remuneration. Using proprietary data about women representation on the board of directors to investigate the impact on the choice between accounting methods...