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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| author | Qian, Yuanyuan |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | nottingham-628962023-04-19T08:48:50Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/62896/ Impact of Females on the Top Management Team on Firm Performance: Evidence from Chinese Public Firms Qian, Yuanyuan 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. 2020-12-01 Dissertation (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/62896/1/Impact%20of%20Females%20on%20the%20Top%20Management%20Team%20on%20Firm%20Performance%20Evidence%20from%20Chinese%20Public%20Firms.pdf Qian, Yuanyuan (2020) Impact of Females on the Top Management Team on Firm Performance: Evidence from Chinese Public Firms. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] |
| spellingShingle | Qian, Yuanyuan Impact of Females on the Top Management Team on Firm Performance: Evidence from Chinese Public Firms |
| title | Impact of Females on the Top Management Team on Firm Performance: Evidence from Chinese Public Firms |
| title_full | Impact of Females on the Top Management Team on Firm Performance: Evidence from Chinese Public Firms |
| title_fullStr | Impact of Females on the Top Management Team on Firm Performance: Evidence from Chinese Public Firms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of Females on the Top Management Team on Firm Performance: Evidence from Chinese Public Firms |
| title_short | Impact of Females on the Top Management Team on Firm Performance: Evidence from Chinese Public Firms |
| title_sort | impact of females on the top management team on firm performance: evidence from chinese public firms |
| url | https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/62896/ |