Session 146
Gender and Diversity in Strategic Leadership and Governance
Track O |
Date: Tuesday, October 6, 2015 |
Time: 14:15 – 15:30 |
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Paper |
Room: Director's Row I |
Session Chair:
- Christine Shropshire, Arizona State University
Abstract: Most studies of the demographics of corporate boards of directors focus on the association between specific dimensions of the composition of the board and firm performance. However, that composition derives from the choices the board makes to nominate individual board members with specific characteristics to serve on the board. Applying a treatment model analysis to the addition of board members, we find that board member demographics including racial composition, gender, and number of other boards served on, influence both changes in the market to book ratio and changes in return on assets.
Abstract: This presentation will examine the relationship between diversity on the board and in key board committees and social performance by examining he relationship between board and committee level diversity and firm social performance, as well as the interaction between board and firm level diversity and firm social performance.
Abstract: Despite the general consensus that female leaders are undervalued than their male counterparts, research on gender gap in executive compensation has yielded mixed results. Using data on the first pay of newly appointed CEOs, we show that new female CEOs tend to receive a significantly lesser amount of first pay than new male CEOs. Also, we find that the proportion of outside directors in corporate boards reduces this tendency both by increasing the first pay of new female CEOs and by decreasing the first pay of new male CEOs. Contrary to our expectation, however, the proportion of female directors has no interaction effects between new CEO gender and the amount of first pay.
Abstract: Given that women are still rare as CEOs, we explore gender differences in targeting by shareholder activists and how internal and external portrayals of leadership influence shareholder perceptions. Drawing on stereotype and signaling theories, we predict that female CEOs will receive more attention from the media, generate more impression management, and receive more shareholder activism. We test our hypotheses with a matched sample based on all female-led Fortune 1000 firms between 2003 and 2013. Results largely provide support for our main effect and moderation hypotheses on media coverage, impression management and shareholder activism.
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- Sun: 09:45 – 11:00
- Session 283: Editor Panel: Publishing Strategic Leadership and Governance Research
- Sun: 11:15 – 12:30
- Session 38: Big Game Hunting: Accessing and Interacting with Senior Executives for Empirical Research
- Sun: 16:15 – 17:30
- Session 139: Do Top Managers Matter? Expanding the Focus and Knowledge
- Session 147: What Could Strategic IT Governance look like in Smart Cities?
- Sun: 17:45 – 00:00
- Session 324: Strategic Leadership and Governance Business Meeting
- Mon: 08:00 – 09:15
- Session 140: New Perspectives on the Outside Director Selection Process
- Mon: 11:15 – 12:30
- Session 141: Politics as Usual? Political Ideology in the Excutive Suite and Boardroom
- Session 220: Perspectives on CEO Compensation
- Mon: 13:45 – 15:00
- Session 142: Top Management Teams, Senior Executives and Corporate outcomes
- Session 215: Personality and Values in Strategic Leadership
- Mon: 16:45 – 18:00
- Session 216: Blame and Stigma in Response to Poor Orgnizational Outcomes
- Session 218: Consequences of Top Management Attitudes and Orientations for the Firm
- Tue: 08:00 – 09:15
- Session 217: Leadership and Governance in Family Firms
- Session 309: Looking Good and Sounding Better: Impression Management by CEOs
- Tue: 11:00 – 12:15
- Session 145: Strategic Leadership and Corporate Strategy
- Session 214: Director Attributes, Director Actions and Director Effectiveness
- Tue: 14:15 – 15:30
- Session 146: Gender and Diversity in Strategic Leadership and Governance
- Tue: 15:45 – 17:00
- Session 219: A Tough Crowd: Critical Examinations by Owners and Stakeholders
- Tue: 17:30 – 18:45
- Session 144: Board Structure: What Works Best?
- Session 189: Antecedents and Consequences of CEO Incentives