Diversity in the board of directors and good governance practices

  1. Álvaro Melón-Izco 1
  2. Francisco J. Ruiz-Cabestre 1
  3. M. Carmen Ruiz-Olalla 1
  1. 1 Universidad de La Rioja
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    Universidad de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/0553yr311

Revista:
Economics and Business Letters

ISSN: 2254-4380

Año de publicación: 2020

Volumen: 9

Número: 2

Páginas: 97-105

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.17811/EBL.9.2.2020.97-105 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

Otras publicaciones en: Economics and Business Letters

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Resumen

Motivated by the debate on the adequacy of the composition of boards of directors, we examine the effect that board diversity has on corporate governance performance in Spain, analysing gender diversity, diversity of director types and tenure diversity. The findings reveal that diverse boards of directors have a positive influence on good governance practices,improving the efficiency of corporate governance mechanisms. These results could be interesting for practitioners and regulators.

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This work was supported by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain (ECO2016- 77631-R) and the University of La Rioja (REGI2018/24).

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