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dc.contributor.authorAhmed, Ammad
dc.contributor.authorHiggs, Helen
dc.contributor.authorNg, Chew
dc.contributor.authorDelaney, Deborah Anne
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-01T04:47:55Z
dc.date.available2019-08-01T04:47:55Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.issn1030-9616
dc.identifier.doi10.1108/ARJ-11-2015-0133
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/383023
dc.description.abstractPurpose: This paper aims to investigate the determinants of women representation on Australian corporate boards under the ASX’s “if not, why not” corporate governance framework. It further aims to improve the study of Geiger and Marlin (2012) by using a theoretically sound two-limit Tobit model to examine the determinants. Design/methodology/approach: This study uses the two-limit Tobit model to examine the determinants of women representation on ASX 500 boards. This approach is used due to the censored nature of the dependent variable. Findings: This study finds that the two-limit Tobit model is an appropriate methodology to accommodate the censored dependent variable. It further finds that firm size, women as chair of boards, corporate governance index, Global Reporting Initiative signatory, debt ratio, average board age, BIG4 auditors, chief executive officer tenure and shareholder concentration are major determinants of women on boards. Research limitations/implications: The use of only ASX 500 companies and the sample years (2011-2014) may limit the generalisation of the findings. Originality/value: This is the first extensive longitudinal Australian study to examine the drivers of women representation on corporate boards. It is also the first of its kind to use the two-limit Tobit model to consider these determinants.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.sponsorshipQueensland Strawberry Growers Association
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Agriculture and Water Resources (Cwlth)
dc.description.sponsorshipDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherEmerald
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom326
dc.relation.ispartofpageto342
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalAccounting Research Journal (ARJ)
dc.relation.ispartofvolume31
dc.relation.grantIDH211
dc.subject.fieldofresearchAccounting, auditing and accountability
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBanking, finance and investment
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3501
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3502
dc.titleDeterminants of women representation on corporate boards: evidence from Australia
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDelaney, Deborah A.
gro.griffith.authorHiggs, Helen
gro.griffith.authorAhmed, Ammad
gro.griffith.authorNg, Chew C.


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