Do Boards of Directors Influence Corporate Sustainable Development? An Attention-Based Analysis
Following the attention-based view of the firm (ABV), boards of directors’ link to corporate sustainable development (CSD) could be dependent upon certain attention structures: valuation of environmental stimuli, rules of the game and the players. Studying a sample of large Australian firms, the fin...
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| description | Following the attention-based view of the firm (ABV), boards of directors’ link to corporate sustainable development (CSD) could be dependent upon certain attention structures: valuation of environmental stimuli, rules of the game and the players. Studying a sample of large Australian firms, the findings indicate that the proposed attention-directing structures do appear to be linked to CSD in a manner consistent with the ABV. Specifically, creating awareness through scanning efforts links boards to CSD. Stakeholder debate, as a boardroom rule, is also significantly associated with CSD. Furthermore, as a so-called ‘player’ on the board, women directors have a moderating effect on the relationships between environmental scanning, stakeholder debate and CSD. The findings are discussed along with limitations and directions for future research. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-714292019-02-15T03:33:29Z Do Boards of Directors Influence Corporate Sustainable Development? An Attention-Based Analysis Galbreath, Jeremy Following the attention-based view of the firm (ABV), boards of directors’ link to corporate sustainable development (CSD) could be dependent upon certain attention structures: valuation of environmental stimuli, rules of the game and the players. Studying a sample of large Australian firms, the findings indicate that the proposed attention-directing structures do appear to be linked to CSD in a manner consistent with the ABV. Specifically, creating awareness through scanning efforts links boards to CSD. Stakeholder debate, as a boardroom rule, is also significantly associated with CSD. Furthermore, as a so-called ‘player’ on the board, women directors have a moderating effect on the relationships between environmental scanning, stakeholder debate and CSD. The findings are discussed along with limitations and directions for future research. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71429 10.1002/bse.2028 Wiley Interscience restricted |
| spellingShingle | Galbreath, Jeremy Do Boards of Directors Influence Corporate Sustainable Development? An Attention-Based Analysis |
| title | Do Boards of Directors Influence Corporate Sustainable Development? An Attention-Based Analysis |
| title_full | Do Boards of Directors Influence Corporate Sustainable Development? An Attention-Based Analysis |
| title_fullStr | Do Boards of Directors Influence Corporate Sustainable Development? An Attention-Based Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | Do Boards of Directors Influence Corporate Sustainable Development? An Attention-Based Analysis |
| title_short | Do Boards of Directors Influence Corporate Sustainable Development? An Attention-Based Analysis |
| title_sort | do boards of directors influence corporate sustainable development? an attention-based analysis |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/71429 |