Women on board, firm financial performance and agency costs

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dc.contributor.authorWellalage, Nirosha Hewa
dc.contributor.authorLocke, Stuart
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-04T03:38:12Z
dc.date.available2013-10-04T03:38:12Z
dc.date.copyright2013-07-19
dc.date.issued2013
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the link between female board directors and company financial performance and agency costs in Sri Lanka's publicly listed companies. In order to investigate the impact of board gender diversity on firm financial performance, a dynamic panel generalised method of moment estimation is applied. Three variables are used as proxies for gender diversity of the board of directors, namely the percentage of women on the board, a dichotomous dummy and the Blau index. A Tobit model with endogenous regressors is used to investigate the impact of female board members on agency cost, using growth opportunities as a measure of agency cost. After controlling for size, industry and other corporate governance measures, this study finds a significant negative relationship between the proportion of women on boards and firm value along with an increase in company agency cost. This evidence provides insights for governments and academic institutions in their efforts to provide resources that will help enhance women's leadership skills.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationWellalage, N.H., Locke, S. (2013). Women on board, firm financial performance and agency costs. Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 2(2), 113-127.en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s13520-012-0020-xen_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10289/8058
dc.language.isoenen_NZ
dc.publisherSpringeren_NZ
dc.relation.isPartOfAsian Journal of Business Ethicsen_NZ
dc.relation.ispartofAsian Journal of Business Ethics
dc.relation.urihttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs13520-012-0020-xen_NZ
dc.subjectwomenen_NZ
dc.subjectfinancial performanceen_NZ
dc.subjectagency costsen_NZ
dc.subjectemerging marketen_NZ
dc.titleWomen on board, firm financial performance and agency costsen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Articleen_NZ
pubs.begin-page113en_NZ
pubs.elements-id38559
pubs.end-page127en_NZ
pubs.issue2en_NZ
pubs.volume2en_NZ
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