Board of Director Diversity and Firm Financial Performance
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The Department of Management and Entrepreneurship seeks to provide students with the knowledge of organizations and management functions within organizations. Graduates will be able to understand work-related behavior, competitive strategy and advantage, strategies of international business, and human-resource management practices.
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The Department of Management was formed in 1984 in the College of Business Administration (later College of Business).
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1984 - present
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- College of Business (parent college)
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This study examines the relationship between demographic diversity on boards of directors with firm financial performance. This relationship is examined using 1993 and 1998 financial performance data (return on asset and investment) and the percentage of women and minorities on boards of directors for 127 large US companies. Correlation and regression analyses indicate board diversity is positively associated with these financial indicators of firm performance. Implications for both strategic human resource management and future research are discussed.
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This is the accepted version of the following article: Corporate Governance:An International Review, Volume 11, Issue 2, pages 102-11, April 2003, which has been published in final form at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1467-8683.00011/full.