Zhang Changzheng, PhD – Professor, School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology, Xi’an, China

Series: Management Science – Theory and Applications
BISAC: BUS104000; BUS008000; BUS030000
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52305/EABT4761

“From the theoretical perspective, this book, in an unprecedentedly comprehensive manner, discusses and confirms the effects of female executives on seven critical organizational issues by considering both the fixed and contingent effects with the most recent data than most of the existing publications do, instead of only considering its direct effects on a single issue, e.g., firm performance. And amounts of new valuable findings have been reached by this book, which are of significance in helping us identify the roles of female executives in corporate governance practices; From the practical perspective, the book not only reveals the consequences of female executives from systematical perspectives, but constructs effective countermeasures and suggestions, which are helpful in making full use of the positive effects of female executives’ participation, while minimizing the potential negative consequences of female executives’ participation. Such countermeasures can provide good guidelines for each stakeholder on multiple critical governance issues.” To read the full review, CLICK HERE>>>. – Zhao Jing, PhD, Professor, Department of Economics and Trade, School of Economics and Management, Xi’an University of Technology, China

In order to fill up the significant inadequacy of literature on the role of female executives’ within Chinese enterprises, the book, for the first time, systematically investigates both the negative and positive consequences of female executives’ participation in corporate governance under the background of China, with the theoretical purpose of identifying the roles of female executives in corporate governance practices, and the practical purpose of making full use of the positive effects of female executives’ participation, while minimizing the potential negative consequences of female executives’ participation. Specifically, the book respectively reveals the direct effects of female executives on financial performance, social responsibility performance, accounting conservatism, cash holdings and competitive strategy, and explores the indirect moderation effects of female executives on CEO power and staff turnover.