期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：3
页码：3426-3433
DOI：10.9756/INT-JECSE/V14I3.423
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：This research paper attempts to examine the impact of gender diversity of board on corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities of the Indian companies forming part of nifty fifty indexes for the time period 2017-2018. Statistical facts/data related to companies’ social responsibility and board of directors is compiled from the published annual financial reports of the companies. In order to understand the relationship and influence of gender diversity of board on CSR, statistical tools like correlation and regression are applied. Results of the study show that the companies’ board is found male dominated irrespective of the compulsion of including one woman director on board. Key findings of the analysis indicate that gender diversity exert positive but moderate influence on corporate social responsibility. The study shows that there is a positive link between the CSR performance and gender diversity of company’s CSR committee. The limitation of present study is that it is based on only fifty companies and uses the data of annual reports of only one year. However, this study can be used as a base study to further examine the impact of gender diversity and may benefit the standard setters to frame suitable Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Governance Policy.
关键词：Corporate social responsibility;board gender diversity;women in CSR Committee
