financeФинансы: теория и практика/Finance: Theory and PracticeFinance: Theory and Practice2587-56712587-7089Financial University under The Government of Russian Federation10.26794/2587-5671-2024-28-5-212-222finance-3190Research ArticleКОРПОРАТИВНЫЕ ФИНАНСЫCORPORATE FINANCEГендерное разнообразие в советах директоров и финансовые показатели в развивающихся странах: данные банковского сектора ЭфиопииBoard Gender Diversity and Financial Performance in Developing Countries: Evidence from the Ethiopian Banking Sectorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8602-561XВольдеамануэльА. Г.WoldeamanuelA. G.

Асегид Г. Вольдеамануэль,  PhD, доцент

кафедра бухгалтерского учета и финансов

Хавасса

Asegid G. Woldeamanuel, PhD, Assist. Prof.

Department of Accounting and Finance

Hawassa

asewoldeam@gmail.comУниверситет ХавассаЭфиопияHawassa UniversityEthiopia202431102024285212222Copyright © Вольдеамануэль А.Г., 20242024Вольдеамануэль А.Г.Woldeamanuel A.G.Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.https://financetp.fa.ru/jour/article/view/3190

   Тема гендерного разнообразия в советах директоров привлекает внимание как ученых, так и организаций, и регулирующих органов. Такое повышенное внимание к этой теме создало благоприятную атмосферу для постепенного роста участия женщин в советах директоров по всему миру. Страны даже выступили с инициативой узаконить квоты на участие в советах директоров, чтобы увеличить долю женщин на руководящих должностях в организации. В данном исследовании изучалось влияние присутствия женщин в советах директоров на финансовое благополучиебанков. В качестве выборки в исследовании рассматривались 14 коммерческих банков Эфиопии. Период исследования — с 2013 по 2020 г. Для анализа использовался метод наименьших квадратов OLS и регрессия с фиксированным эффектом. Установлено, что присутствие женщин в совете директоров банков приносит свои положительные плоды. Результат устойчив к альтернативным показателям финансовой эффективности и имеет далеко идущие последствия для политиков и руководителей финансовых учреждений. Финансовым регуляторам Эфиопии следует настаивать на введении законодательных квот для советов директоров, чтобы повысить присутствие женщин в советах директоров банков. Кроме того, банки должны уделять первоочередное внимание назначению дополнительных членов совета директоров из числа женщин. Данное исследование также вносит новый вклад в уже имеющиеся знания по данной теме.

   The topic of board gender diversity has drawn the attention of academics, organizations, and regulators alike. Such heightened awareness of the subject has produced a favorable atmosphere for gradual growth in women’s participation in boardrooms worldwide. Countries have even taken the initiative to legalize boardroom quotas to increase the proportion of females in the boardroom of organizations. The current study investigated the effect of women’s boardroom representation on the financial well-being of banks. The study considered fourteen commercial banks in Ethiopia as a sample. The study period ran from 2013 to 2020. The study employed OLS and fixed effect regression for analysis and found out that the representation of women in the boardroom of banks pays off. The result is robust for alternative measures of financial performance. The outcome of the study has far-reaching implications for policymakers and managers of financial institutions. Ethiopia’s financial regulators should push for legislated boardroom quotas to enhance the representation of women in the boards of banks. Additionally, banks should make the appointment of additional female board members a priority. The study also contributes new insights to the body of knowledge already available on the subject.

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