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In: Meditari Accountancy Research
Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments November 2, 2021 erstellt
Description:
Purpose- This study seeks to identify the main research development on board diversity and offers a quantitative synopsis of key themes and contributors, knowledge gaps, and provides directions for further work. Design/methodology/approach- Using a bibliometric analysis, we assess the patterns in global board diversity research based on co-occurrences of researchers’ keywords and publication outputs of 991 articles from the Scopus database. Also, the co-citation network analysis was performed to assess the intellectual structure of board diversity research. Findings- According to the keyword analysis, we found that researchers focus on the gender diversity of the boardroom while ignoring the cognitive diversity and other aspects of demographic diversity such as educational, ethnic, age, nationality, experience, background, and tenure, pointing to the need for further work to consider other diversity attributes and the interaction between them. Additionally, board diversity research related to (but not limited to) payout policy, cash holding, initial public offerings, small-medium enterprises, and financial institutions are limited. Originality/value- This study provides a comprehensive evaluation of the development of board diversity research (using a large archival database) and identifies the common construct as well as the potential opportunities for future research directions