Breaking the glass ceiling? The effect of board quotas on female labour market outcomes in Norway

M Bertrand, SE Black, S Jensen… - The Review of …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
In late 2003, Norway passed a law mandating 40% representation of each gender on the
board of public limited liability companies. The primary objective of this reform was to …

The performance effects of gender diversity on bank boards

AL Owen, J Temesvary - Journal of Banking & Finance, 2018 - Elsevier
Previous literature has shown mixed results on the role of female participation on bank
boards and bank performance: some papers find that more women on boards enhance …

Female leadership and gender gap within firms: Evidence from an Italian board reform

A Maida, A Weber - Ilr Review, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The authors evaluate a 2011 Italian law that installed a step-wise increase in gender quota
that remains effective for three consecutive board renewals of listed limited liability firms …

Board diversity and corporate social performance: Does the family firm status matter?

S Veltri, R Mazzotta, FE Rubino - … Social Responsibility and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the study is to investigate whether the board of directors (BoD) diversity affect
corporate social performance (CSP), an alternative measure of corporate performance …

Does the gender quota law affect bank performances? Evidence from Italy

R Mazzotta, O Ferraro - … : The International Journal of Business in …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to examine the impact of an increasing board diversity on the
performance of Italian listed banks for the period 2008–2014, taking into account the effects …

Women's empowerment conditions, institutions and firm performance in the MENA region

A Al Hameli, C Mertzanis, I Kampouris - Accounting Forum, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Women in corporate leadership roles are gaining recognition in business strategy decision-
making. However, the impact of women's business leadership roles in the Middle East and …

Board gender diversity codes, quotas and threats of supranational legislation: impact on director characteristics and corporate outcomes

I Martínez‐García, S Terjesen… - British Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
We explore how a code, soft quota and a proposal for supranational law for board gender
diversity affects women directors' human capital characteristics and corporate outcomes with …

Welcome on board: A note on gender quotas regulation in Europe

M Bennouri, C De Amicis, S Falconieri - Economics Letters, 2020 - Elsevier
Using a diff-in-diff approach, we compare the impact on board and directors' characteristics
of mandatory vs advisory regulations on gender quotas in corporate boards. We focus on the …

Networking: a business for women

A Manello, M Cisi, F Devicienti, D Vannoni - Small Business Economics, 2020 - Springer
This paper uses firm-level data and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) methods to
investigate the effects of participation in formal networking activities and of female …

Moderating Role of Governance Regulatory Compliance on Board Diversity and Voluntary Disclosure of Non-Financial Firms in a Develo** Country

AS Kabara, DF Abdullah, SFA Khatib, AH Bazhair… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The main aim of this paper is to investigate the moderation influence of CG regulatory
compliance on the relationship between board diversity and voluntary disclosure (VD) of …