Using the stewardship theory and theory of fear of failure as the underlying theory, the study focuses on investigating CEO characteristics and disability employment of listed firms in India. The study employed descriptive statistics and feasible generalised least square (FGLS) assumption to...

The purpose of the study is to examine whether mandatory CSR reporting affects the disability employment of listed firms and whether a family(non) management firm's perspective matter in the Indian context. From 2009 to 2020, the data set includes 80 firms with 960 firm-year observations,...

This study aims to determine how sustainability reporting disclosures and report format affect company performance in India's mandatory reporting environment. The study employed feasible generalised least square, panel-correlated standard errors and probit regression. The sample size is 80, and...

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate family management, financial performance and gender diversity of listed firms. Design/methodology/approach: Using the India stock market as a testing ground, this paper used descriptive statistics and panel regression with random effect...

Purpose: The purpose of the study is to examine the effect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on debt financing (natural logarithm of debt and leverage ratios) of listed firms. Design/methodology/approach: Using content analysis for data extraction, the study examines listed firms on the...

Purpose: Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has evolved since the nineteenth century and is becoming mandatory for firms. However, the association between CSR and financial performance remains fluid. The purpose of this paper is to examine the mediating effect of third-party assurance (TPA)...

Purpose: Studies on employee volunteerism have inconsistency in results. This study aims to examine whether employee volunteerism contributes to financial performance, and if employee volunteerism creates community benefit for firm legitimacy. Design/methodology/approach: The data covers 80...

Purpose: Technological innovation (TI) has become a competitive advantage to firm sustainability and survival; however, stakeholders struggle to embrace this revolution. There is a fear that technology innovation leads to massive job loss. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate...

Purpose: This study aims to use the gender socialization theory, critical mass theory and legitimacy theory to examine the female gender and environmental disclosure of family and non-family-controlled firms in India. Design/methodology/approach: A sample size of 783 and 177 firm-year...