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Gender diversity in the boardroom and firm performance of Malaysian public listed companies


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Mohamad Khudzari, Julizaerma and Muhamad Sori, Zulkarnain (2012) Gender diversity in the boardroom and firm performance of Malaysian public listed companies. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 65. pp. 1077-1085. ISSN 1877-0428

Abstract

The lack of women representation on boards become an important issue recently that need to be addressed due to the benefits driven from gender diversity in the boardrooms. This study intends to examine the association between gender diversity in the board of directors and firm performance. The discovery on content analysis is used to collect the data. The population of the study comprises of the companies listed in Bursa Malaysia for both Main and ACE market for the year 2008 and 2009. Quota and simple random sampling techniques were used in order to get an adequate representation of women. The data is analyzed using ordinary least square regression method to determine the association of the variables. The finding indicates that a positive association exists between gender diversity and firm performance. This suggests that women directorship may influence firm performance.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Economics and Management
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2012.11.374
Publisher: Elsevier
Keywords: Directors; Firm performance; Gender diversity; Public listed companies
Depositing User: Nabilah Mustapa
Date Deposited: 04 Aug 2016 08:37
Last Modified: 04 Aug 2016 08:37
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URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/48067
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