Impact of Females on the Top Management Team on Firm Performance: Evidence from Chinese Public Firms

Gender diversity has become a popular issue within corporate government. This paper focus on gender diversity in top management team to explore the influence of gender diversity on firm performance. This research takes a sample of A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges spa...

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Main Author: Qian, Yuanyuan
Format: Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2020
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/62896/
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Summary:Gender diversity has become a popular issue within corporate government. This paper focus on gender diversity in top management team to explore the influence of gender diversity on firm performance. This research takes a sample of A-share listed companies in Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges spanning 5 years from 2015 to 2019. Despite that fact that the status of Chinese female have largely improved, female still have to face a lot of barriers in their workplace. The finding of this research indicates that female on top management team have a negative effect on firm performance (Tobin’s Q), which is contrary to many other researches.