报告题目：Double-Edged Effect of Female Directors on Strategic Change: More Monitoring but Less Risk-Taking

报告人：王宇博士

主办单位：经济管理学院

报告时间：2023年9月20日（星期三）14:30

报告地点：成栋楼1101

报告人简介：王宇，哈尔滨工业大学管理学博士，美国Rice大学联合培养博士，现任兰州大学管理学院副教授，硕士生导师，萃英学者，组织管理系副系主任。主要研究方向为：战略管理、公司治理、企业社会责任。其以第一或通讯作者在多本SSCI、CSSCI管理学期刊发表论文，这些期刊包括: Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility, Managerial and Decision Economics, Gender in Management: An International Journal,管理世界,南开管理评论，管理评论，管理学季刊等。同时其担任Asia Pacific Journal of Management，International Journal of Emerging Markets，Gender in Management: An International Journal,等多本SSCI期刊的审稿人。

报告摘要：Research suggests that female directors can affect strategic change by changing board dynamics via gender diversity; however, this is only part of the story. In this study, we examine new mechanisms underlying the link between female directors and strategic change through the lens of gender-specific action tendencies. In particular, we explore the mediating effects of compensation monitoring of top managers and corporate risk-taking to explain the different pathways between female directors and strategic change. Using a sample of Chinese listed manufacturing firms over the 2010–2016 period, we find that female directors can indirectly improve strategic change via more effective monitoring of top manager compensation, but they can also slow down strategic change indirectly via less risk-taking. These findings contribute to the literature by providing new insights into how female directors affect strategic change through the lens of gender-specific action tendencies.

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