Does board gender diversity affect firm performance? The mediating role of innovation on the French stock market

Riadh Manita, Najoua Elommal, Rey Dang, Camille Saintives and L'Hocine Houanti

International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business, 2020, vol. 39, issue 1/2, 263-278

Abstract: Based on the resource dependency theory, this article investigates the relationships among board gender diversity, innovation, and firm performance. Specifically, this article examines the mediating role of innovation, which may explain how board gender diversity is related to firm performance. Using a sample of 120 SBF companies from 2009 to 2012, the results indicate a negative effect of board gender diversity on innovation. In addition, we do not find evidence of a mediating role of innovation within the board gender diversity-firm performance relationship.

Keywords: board of directors; diversity; innovation; gender; corporate governance. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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