THE IMPACT OF BOARD DIVERSITY ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: AN EVIDENCE ON BIST 100

Abstract

Author(s): Emir OTLUOĞLU* Emre Selçuk SARI† K. Övgü Çakmak OTLUOĞLU

The communique issued by Capital Markets Board of Turkey (CPM) in 2014 requires the public companies to increase the gender diversity in the board member composition. This study examines the relationship between board diversity and financial performance. The sample of the study consists of the companies listed on Borsa Istanbul (BIST) 100 Index. The relationship between the board diversity and accounting based, market based and cash based financial performance indicators is examined. The result of panel data analysis indicates that female board membership affects Return on Equity and Tobin’s q. Also, it is found that the proportion of female board membership affects Return on Assets and cash flows

Announcements

You can send your paper at Online Submission System

  • The Journal of International Social Research / Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi ISSN: 1307-9581, an international, peer-reviewed, on the web publication, from 2007 will be issued least four times annualy.
  • Our journal is an independent academic publication based on research in social sciences, contributing to its field and trying to publish scientific articles that will bring innovation to the original and social sciences.
  • The journal has got an international editorial board and referee board, mainly embodied from the each individually professional on the social research fields.
  • Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi / The Journal of International Social Research became a member of Cross Reff since 2014 and started to assign DOI numbers to the articles. image
Google Scholar citation report
Citations : 7760

The Journal of International Social Research received 7760 citations as per Google Scholar report

The Journal of International Social Research peer review process verified by publons
Get the App