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Women on the board and executive tenure

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  • Achim Buchwald
  • Hanna Hottenrott

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The participation of women in top‐level corporate boards is subject to intense public debate. Countries are considering binding quotas to increase the share of women on boards or have already implemented such rules. Although research on board diversity suggests positive effects on corporate governance and firm performance, the mechanisms through which these benefits materialize remain mostly speculative. This study focuses on boards of directors in a large sample of listed companies in 15 European countries and finds that female representation on nonexecutive boards is associated with reduced turnover, an increase in tenure, and also a higher performance‐turnover sensitivity of executives.

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  • Achim Buchwald & Hanna Hottenrott, 2019. "Women on the board and executive tenure," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 40(7), pages 741-760, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:mgtdec:v:40:y:2019:i:7:p:741-760
    DOI: 10.1002/mde.3028
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    1. Viktor Bozhinov & Jasmin Joecks & Katrin Scharfenkamp, 2021. "Gender spillovers from supervisory boards to management boards," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(5), pages 1317-1331, July.
    2. Jiong Wu & Feifei Wang & Xing Xu, 2021. "The influence of management team continuation on inefficient investment after family firms inheritance," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 42(1), pages 156-169, January.
    3. Stefan Schmid & Felix Roedder, 2022. "Much ado about diversity? The perpetuation of old elites on corporate boards," Managerial and Decision Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 43(8), pages 3263-3285, December.
    4. Nicolae Iuliana & Volosevici Dana & Isbasoiu Gheorghe Dan, 2024. "Proposal of a Gender Balance Index: An instrument for Enhancing Equality in Corporate Management Structures," Proceedings of the International Conference on Business Excellence, Sciendo, vol. 18(1), pages 1627-1635.

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