Females' social responsibility: the impact of female executives on ESG performance

This paper examines the impact mechanism of the proportion of female executives on ESG investment. The results show that when female executives play a greater role in management, ESG performance improves. This effect is an inverted U-shape, and the critical point is approximately 33%. Female executi...

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Published inApplied economics letters Vol. 31; no. 14; pp. 1292 - 1297
Main Authors Meng, Xianghui, Zhu, Peihua
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Routledge 15.08.2024
Taylor & Francis LLC
Subjects
Digitization
ESG
female executives
Females
nonlinear relationship
Social responsibility
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Summary:This paper examines the impact mechanism of the proportion of female executives on ESG investment. The results show that when female executives play a greater role in management, ESG performance improves. This effect is an inverted U-shape, and the critical point is approximately 33%. Female executives have significantly promoted the digitization of enterprises, which is an important mechanism for explaining the improvement of ESG performance.
ISSN:1350-4851
1466-4291
DOI:10.1080/13504851.2023.2182404