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Female directorships and its relationship to the financial performance of the Top 40 JSE listed companies
Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/79669 Female directorships and its relationship to the financial performance of the Top 40 JSE listed companies Fourie, Sonja ichelp@gibs.co.za Van der Ventel, Candice UCTD Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2020. Mixed findings exist in the field of research into the presence of women in management positions, and on the boards of companies, and the relationship between gender equity and financial performance. Gender equality is such a contentious issue globally, that a specific UN sustainable development goal (Goal 5) is aimed at addressing this. This study focused primarily on the representation of female directors on the boards of the Top 40 companies listed on the JSE. In recent years, the JSE has implemented gender policy disclosure requirements aimed at highlighting the problem of inequality in the boardroom. Though there has been minimal progress over the years, by 2019 only 27% of directors serving on the boards of the Top 40 JSE-listed companies are female. Through the quantitative analysis performed, the study examined the difference between boards where 20% or more female directors are present and boards with less than 20% female directors, and their relation to financial performance which is defined by the dependent variables of annual share-price growth, annual revenue growth and return on equity. It was concluded that there is no difference in annual share-price growth and return on equity where boards have 20% or more female directors. However, a statistically significant difference is noted on annual revenue growth where 20% or more female directors are present on the board of the JSE Top 40 companies between 2015 and 2019. Furthermore the introduction of the gender disclosure policy requirement by the JSE could have influenced the growth in female directors after 2017. pt2021 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted 2021-04-22T10:33:31Z 2021-04-22T10:33:31Z 2021/04/14 2020 Mini Dissertation Van der Ventel, C 2020, Female directorships and its relationship to the financial performance of the Top 40 JSE listed companies, MBA Mini Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79669> http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79669 en © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD Female directorships and its relationship to the financial performance of the Top 40 JSE listed companies |
| title | Female directorships and its relationship to the financial performance of the Top 40 JSE listed companies |
| title_full | Female directorships and its relationship to the financial performance of the Top 40 JSE listed companies |
| title_fullStr | Female directorships and its relationship to the financial performance of the Top 40 JSE listed companies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Female directorships and its relationship to the financial performance of the Top 40 JSE listed companies |
| title_short | Female directorships and its relationship to the financial performance of the Top 40 JSE listed companies |
| title_sort | female directorships and its relationship to the financial performance of the top 40 jse listed companies |
| topic | UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/79669 |