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Top management team functional diversity and ESG performance

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  • Zhang, Yanan
  • Zhang, Xiaoyu

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This paper investigates the effect of top management team (TMT) functional diversity on ESG performance, utilizing data from Chinese A-share listed companies spanning 2009 to 2022. The study finds that TMT functional diversity positively influences ESG performance, with this positive impact predominantly observed in non-state-owned enterprises, firms from low pollution industry, and those with better external governance. Further analysis indicates that improvements in green management innovation and green technology innovation serve as underlying mechanisms.

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  • Zhang, Yanan & Zhang, Xiaoyu, 2024. "Top management team functional diversity and ESG performance," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 63(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:finlet:v:63:y:2024:i:c:s1544612324003921
    DOI: 10.1016/j.frl.2024.105362
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    Keywords

    TMT functional diversity; ESG performance; Green management innovation; Green technology innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • M14 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - Corporate Culture; Diversity; Social Responsibility
    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • G34 - Financial Economics - - Corporate Finance and Governance - - - Mergers; Acquisitions; Restructuring; Corporate Governance

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