Relationship between Board Gender Diversity and Firm Performance: Evidence from Malaysian Firms

  • Mohd Fairuz Adnan
  • Nurshamimi Sabli
  • Azizah Abdullah
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24191/gading.v17i02.146
Keywords: Board diversity, firm performance, gender

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between board diversity and firm performance of 26 government-linked companies (GLCs) and 26 non-government-linked companies (non-GLCs) in Malaysia. The study focuses on gender variable to explain the board diversity and tests its relationship towards firm performance as measured by return on equity (ROE) and return on asset (ROA). A final sample of 196 GLCs and non-GLCs listed on the Bursa Malaysia are used across four years from 2007 to 2010. The results fail to satisfy the expectation made for this study, thus rejecting the hypothesis that gender board diversity is positively related to firm performance. In conclusion, this study could not establish that gender diversity on boards would enhance firm performance due to the small average samples of women directors on the board of Malaysian companies.

Published
2017-06-07
Issue
Vol 17 No 02 (2013): Gading Business Management Journal DECEMBER 2013
Section
Article/Paper

Copyright (c) 2013 Mohd Fairuz Adnan, Nurshamimi Sabli, Azizah Abdullah

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