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Female board directorships and related party transactions

Female board directorships and related party transactions
Female board directorships and related party transactions
Using a sample of Chinese firms from 2005 to 2018, we show that firms with female directors (either executive or independent) are characterised by fewer related party transactions (RPTs), particularly in state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Fewer RPTs are associated with improved subsequent operating performance and, in contrast, RPTs are associated with decreased performance for firms with no or fewer female directors, suggesting that female directors engage or allow only efficient but not opportunistic RPTs to facilitate the long-term strategic objectives of their firms. Our findings are robust for using an alternative measure of RPTs, female board directorships and methods to mitigate potential endogeneity issues.
1045-3172
678-702
Usman, Muhammad
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Wang, Fangjun
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Yin, Junming
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Usman, Muhammad, Gull, Ammar Ali, Zalata, Alaa, Wang, Fangjun and Yin, Junming (2022) Female board directorships and related party transactions. British Journal of Management, 33 (2), 678-702. (doi:10.1111/1467-8551.12568).

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Using a sample of Chinese firms from 2005 to 2018, we show that firms with female directors (either executive or independent) are characterised by fewer related party transactions (RPTs), particularly in state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Fewer RPTs are associated with improved subsequent operating performance and, in contrast, RPTs are associated with decreased performance for firms with no or fewer female directors, suggesting that female directors engage or allow only efficient but not opportunistic RPTs to facilitate the long-term strategic objectives of their firms. Our findings are robust for using an alternative measure of RPTs, female board directorships and methods to mitigate potential endogeneity issues.

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Accepted/In Press date: 28 October 2021
e-pub ahead of print date: 26 November 2021
Published date: 1 April 2022

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Local EPrints ID: 451830
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/451830
ISSN: 1045-3172
PURE UUID: faf789c6-3b7c-419a-8e74-4e4edf510b58
ORCID for Alaa Zalata: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2018-4313

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Date deposited: 29 Oct 2021 16:30
Last modified: 17 Mar 2024 06:55

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Author: Muhammad Usman
Author: Ammar Ali Gull
Author: Alaa Zalata ORCID iD
Author: Fangjun Wang
Author: Junming Yin

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