 Women directors’ attributes and demographics: New insights into bank riskMarwa Elnahass, Rana Alharbi, Toka S. Mohamed and Josie McLaren Research in International Business and Finance, 2024, vol. 71, issue C Abstract: This study examines the impact of women directors’ representation and characteristics on bank risk in a unique sample of 12 developing countries with dual banking systems. We examine different women’s leadership and monitoring attributes (leadership and independence) and demographic attributes (educational level and background, foreign directors, and financial expertise). Our results indicate that women directors significantly reduce bank risk, regardless of bank type. Foreign female directors and the financial expertise of women directors are both associated with high bank risk while the relation is inverted for independent women directors. We also find that women directors with high educational qualifications (i.e., postgraduate level) and those holding qualifications in accounting and finance are negatively associated with bank risk. Considering bank type, women on the board have an overall adverse impact on risk in Islamic banks, showing high bank risk across various risk indicators and directors’ attributes/demographics. Keywords: Women directors; Board diversity; Women attributes; Bank risk; Bank type (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:riibaf:v:71:y:2024:i:c:s027553192400237x DOI: 10.1016/j.ribaf.2024.102444 Access Statistics for this article Research in International Business and Finance is currently edited by T. Lagoarde Segot More articles in Research in International Business and Finance from Elsevier |
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