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Raising the bar? Top management teams, gender diversity, and environmental sustainability
ABSTRACT This study examines how female board directors and top managers may influence an organization’s decision to adopt ISO 14001. Upper Echelon Theory (UET) argues that an organization’s outcomes are based on the decisions made by its directors and managers, who however are influenced by their background characteristics. Therefore, it is crucial to assess how gender diverse boards and top management teams affect the likelihood of sustainability initiatives such as the ISO 14001 certificate being adopted. According to data gathered from Kenyan companies, having women on boards increases the probability of ISO 14001 adoption. On the contrary, there was weak correlation with having women in the top management team. Establishing gender diversity also supports adopting global sustainability initiatives, such as ISO 14001, as a strategy to enhance environmental performance of a firm. This study advances the CSR literature on establishing gender diversity in the workplace as a way to improve corporate performance.
期刊介绍:
The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world. At the same time, serious challenges remain. To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice. The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts. AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities. As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa. AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point. The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice. We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day. We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.