Firm-level determinants of gender diversity in the boardrooms: Evidence from some emerging markets |
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| Institution: | 1. Vlerick Business School, Belgium;2. Banco de Portugal Edifício Adamastor Rua Castilho, 24-2.°, 1269-179, Lisbon, Portugal;1. Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston Park Road, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK;2. Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia, UK;1. Universiti Utara, Malaysia;2. School of Economics & Finance, Massey University, New Zealand |
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| Abstract: | This paper examines the determinants of board gender diversity in the context of emerging economies. Specifically, we investigate the impact of organizational characteristics on gender diversity in the boardrooms of Brazilian, Russian, Indian and Chinese firms and compare our findings with a control sample from US and UK. Analysing data for 1002 firms between a period of 2005 and 2012, we find some similarities between developed and emerging economies on the factors determining women representation on boards. In particular, we observe board gender diversity is positively related to the firm size, and it is inversely related to corporate risk across both emerging and developed economies. Family control affects positively board gender diversity only in India, China, UK and US. However, in contrast to developed countries, there is some evidence to suggest that state ownership has a negative effect on board gender diversity in India and Russia. |
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| Keywords: | Gender diversity Women on corporate boards BRICS Institutional Theory |
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