Gender stereotyping by location, female director appointments and financial performance

• Main Authors: Li, Compton Ying, Kang, Sok-Hyon, Zhu, Zinan
• Other Authors: Nanyang Business School
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering; Firm Performance; Female Directorship
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/142017
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We investigate whether female board representation and firms’ financial performance are related and whether the relationship differs for firms located in more prejudicial environments. As a proxy for prejudicial environment, we use two geographical indicators: (1) whether a firm is headquartered in...