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The Role of Women Directors for Malaysian Firms' Performance

The Role of Women Directors for Malaysian Firms' Performance

Rayenda Brahmana, Sze-Nee Chen
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781522502791|ISBN10: 1522502793|EISBN13: 9781522502807
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0279-1.ch007
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Brahmana, Rayenda, and Sze-Nee Chen. "The Role of Women Directors for Malaysian Firms' Performance." Revealing Gender Inequalities and Perceptions in South Asian Countries through Discourse Analysis, edited by Nazmunnessa Mahtab, et al., IGI Global, 2016, pp. 121-136. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0279-1.ch007

APA

Brahmana, R. & Chen, S. (2016). The Role of Women Directors for Malaysian Firms' Performance. In N. Mahtab, S. Parker, F. Kabir, T. Haque, A. Sabur, & A. Sowad (Eds.), Revealing Gender Inequalities and Perceptions in South Asian Countries through Discourse Analysis (pp. 121-136). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0279-1.ch007

Chicago

Brahmana, Rayenda, and Sze-Nee Chen. "The Role of Women Directors for Malaysian Firms' Performance." In Revealing Gender Inequalities and Perceptions in South Asian Countries through Discourse Analysis, edited by Nazmunnessa Mahtab, et al., 121-136. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0279-1.ch007

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Abstract

This research aims to investigate the role of Women on Board Director on firm performance in Malaysia. We use data for all listed companies in Bursa Malaysia during the period of 2009 – 2013, and find that the proportion of women in top management jobs tends to have positive effects on firm performance, even after controlling for numerous characteristics of the firm and direction of causality. The results show that the positive effects of women in top management depend on the qualifications of female top managers. The results imply the necessity of Women in firm as board directors, because it might induce firm performance.

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