Women on corporate boards and corporate financial and non-financial performance: A systematic literature review and future research agenda

摘要: Abstract This paper provides an up-to-date and comprehensive systematic literature review (SLR) of the existing research on women corporate boards (WOCBs) financial non-financial performance. The aim is to synthesise extend current understanding both (i) theoretical (i.e., economic, psychological social) perspectives (ii) empirical evidence (a) multi-level individual-, social-, firm- country-level) antecedents WOCBs, (b) effects that WOCBs have a wide range We achieve this by adopting three-step SLR approach analyse/review one largest datasets be employed date, consisting 634 mixed, qualitative, quantitative studies conducted in over 100 countries from more than 10 disciplines (e.g., accounting, finance, economics governance) 1981 2019 published 270 top-ranked journals. Our findings are as follows. First, large number descriptive and/or they draw single rather multi-theoretical perspectives. Second, focused firm-level country-level WOCBs. Third, observable methodological limitations include dearth mixed-methods cross-cultural/country studies. Finally, we outline opportunities for future research.