Corporate Board Gender Diversity and Performance: Evidence from Nigerian Stock Exchange

Authors

  • Bilkisu Aliyu Abubakar Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi
  • Tukur Garba Development Economics, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University
  • Abubakar Abdullahi Sokoto Department of Economics, Usmanu Danfodiyo University
  • Malami M. Maishanu Department of Business Administration, Usmanu Danfodiyo University

Keywords:

Diversity and performance

Abstract

This study aims at investigating the relationship between corporate board gender diversityand firms’ performance. The study uses non-probability sampling method in the form ofavailability sampling technique in selecting the firms that constitute the sample for this study.To achieve the objectives of this study, pooled-ordinary least squares, fixed effects andrandom effects estimators have been applied on a panel sample of 82 firms listed on theNigerian Stock Exchange for the period 2004-2009. The findings reveal that gender diversityand board composition have significant and positive influence on firms’ financialperformance while family directorship reduces firms’ performance.

The Economic Journal of Nepal, Vol. 34, No. 4, October-December 2011 (Issue N0. 136)

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Author Biographies

Bilkisu Aliyu Abubakar, Department of Arts and Social Sciences, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi

Senior Lecturer

Tukur Garba, Development Economics, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Usmanu Danfodiyo University

Associate Professor

Abubakar Abdullahi Sokoto, Department of Economics, Usmanu Danfodiyo University

Senior Lecturer

Malami M. Maishanu, Department of Business Administration, Usmanu Danfodiyo University

Associate Professor

Published

2014-04-09

How to Cite

Abubakar, B. A., Garba, T., Sokoto, A. A., & Maishanu, M. M. (2014). Corporate Board Gender Diversity and Performance: Evidence from Nigerian Stock Exchange. Economic Journal of Nepal, 34(4). Retrieved from https://nepjol.info./index.php/EJON/article/view/10192

Issue

Vol. 34 No. 4 (2011)

Section

Articles

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