Are boards of directors in Malaysia ethnically diversified?

• Main Authors: Ahmad Zaluki, Nurwati Ashikkin, Abu Bakar, Juhaida
• 格式: Conference or Workshop Item
• 语言: English
• 出版: 2008
• 主题: HD28 Management. Industrial Management
• 在线阅读: http://repo.uum.edu.my/2666/1/Pages_from_NHRM_proceedings_2008_1607082233.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/2666/

This paper examines the ethnic profile of board members in 235 newly listed Malaysian companies at the time of public offerings during the period 1999 to 2006. Using Blau’s (1977) index of heterogeneity, we find evidence of the existence of ethnic diversity among board members of these companies. Fu...