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      The role of firm characteristics on the relationship between gender diversity and firm performance

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      Solakoglu, M. N.
      Demir, N.
      Date
      2016
      Source Title
      Management Decision
      Print ISSN
      0025-1747
      Publisher
      Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
      Volume
      54
      Issue
      6
      Pages
      1407 - 1419
      Language
      English
      Type
      Article
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      Abstract
      Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to understand the effect of gender diversity on firm performance and evaluate how that relationship is influenced by some firm-specific factors for firms in an emerging market. Design/methodology/approach – The authors collected firm level financial data and firm level characteristics for the firms listed in BIST100 index of Borsa Istanbul for the period between 2002 and 2006. Due to endogeneity of gender diversity and firm performance, the authors utilize unbalanced panel data with 2SLS specification. To observe the sensitivity of results across measures of performance, three measures of performance, two accounting-based and one market-based, are utilized. Findings – Overall, the authors find some weak evidence that gender diversity impacts firm performance. In particular, the findings imply significant association between gender diversity and firm performance for firms that are targeting local markets, for firms in the financial sector and for firms that are family or block-owned. Moreover, findings are fragile with respect to the measures of diversity and performance selected. Originality/value – Although the relationship between gender diversity and firm performance are investigated several times in the past, there are not many studies that examines the role of firm-specific factors on that relationship. By revealing the factors that are important, this study provides an explanation why the existing literature leads to mixed results.
      Keywords
      Firm characteristics
      Firm performance
      Gender diversity
      Panel data analysis
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      http://hdl.handle.net/11693/36527
      Published Version (Please cite this version)
      http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/MD-02-2015-0075
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