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Board Composition Beyond Independence: Social Capital, Human Capital, and Demographics
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There is a growing literature that investigates the composition of directors' demography, human capital, and social capital as discussed by the authors, which is a critical element in the ability of the board to impact firm outcomes.About:
This article is published in Journal of Management.The article was published on 2013-01-01. It has received 483 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Human capital & Social capital.read more
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Crises and Crisis Management: Integration, Interpretation, and Research Development:
TL;DR: This article propose an integrative framework of crisis and crisis management that draws from research in strategy, organizational theory, and organizational behavior as well as from research on public relations and corporate communication.
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Board Diversity and Corporate Social Responsibility
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the impact of board diversity on firms' corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and found that board diversity is positively associated with CSR performance.
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Board Attributes, Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy, and Corporate Environmental and Social Performance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors draw on insights from theories in the management and corporate governance literature to develop a theoretical model that makes explicit the links between a firm's corporate social responsibility (CSR) related board attributes, its board CSR strategy, and its environmental and social performance.
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Looking Inside the Black Box: The Effect of Corporate Governance on Corporate Social Responsibility
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TL;DR: A systematic multi-level review of recent literature to evaluate the impact of corporate governance mechanisms (CG) at the institutional, firm, group, and individual levels on firm level corporate social responsibility (CSR) outcomes is provided in this article.
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The gender composition of corporate boards: A review and research agenda
TL;DR: In this article, the authors comprehensively review the academic literature on board gender composition and develop a conceptual framework that clarifies the causal processes underlying both women's access to boards and the effects of women's presence on boards.
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