Do Board Gender Diversity and Director Typology Impact CSR Reporting?

[EN] By studying female directors and their typology, this paper contributes to the empirical evidence relating to boardgender diversity and the disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) information. An ordered random effectprobit model was applied to a panel of Spanish non-financial and n...

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Autores: Cabeza García, Laura, Fernández Gago, Roberto, Nieto Antolín, Mariano
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universidad de León
Repositorio:BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
OAI Identifier:oai:buleria.unileon.es:10612/17456
Acceso en línea:https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/emre.12143
https://hdl.handle.net/10612/17456
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Empresas
Corporate social reporting
Board gender diversity
Director typology
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Sumario:[EN] By studying female directors and their typology, this paper contributes to the empirical evidence relating to boardgender diversity and the disclosure of corporate social responsibility (CSR) information. An ordered random effectprobit model was applied to a panel of Spanish non-financial and non-insurance listed firms over the 2009–2013period. The analyses revealed that a higher percentage of women in boardrooms and in groups of outside andindependent directors imply better CSR disclosure. These results hold for corporations with a critical mass of threewomen on the board and among outside directors