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The influence of gender diverse corporate boards on employee-orientation

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This study takes a sample set of German publicly listed and unlisted companies between 2007 and 2011 and investigates the relationship between gender diverse corporate boards and the level of employee-orientation. From this work it is suggested that employee-orientation on the supervisory board has the potential to enhance the level of employee-orientation, in particular investments in corporate culture and secondary benefits and work-life-balance.

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  1. Detailed regressions are available from the authors upon request.

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S. Wieland gratefully acknowledges the support of the Heidelberg Cement AG and the Ehrhart Schott-Kurt Schmaltz Foundation.

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  1. WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, Burgplatz 2, 56179, Vallendar, Germany

    Sabrina Wieland

  2. Institute of Nanotechnology, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, 76021, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Benjamin S. Flavel

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Table 7 Description, calculation and source of the employee-orientation and gender diversity measures
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Table 8 Description, calculation and source of the control variables
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Wieland, S., Flavel, B.S. The influence of gender diverse corporate boards on employee-orientation. J Manag Gov 19, 825–848 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-014-9293-x

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