Gender diversity and financial performance: a quantified review based on bibliometric and cluster analysis

Abstract

The board of directors of a firm are the principal decision-makers of all activities conducted by the firm, and hence, their composition demands attention. Diversity on boards can bring about varied sets of knowledge, perspectives, and abilities and can help the firm in solving a multitude of problems. By employing Bibliometric Analysis, this study aims to critically examine the intellectual development and geographical evolution in the domain of gender diversity and financial performance. A total of 463 research articles, extracted from the Scopus Database, are analyzed through various techniques such as citation analysis, co-citation analysis, content analysis and keyword co-occurrence analysis through the software VOSviewer. The study led to the identification of growth trends, prominent countries, authors, seminal articles, journals, major themes of study as well as emerging themes for future research. The study shall help the scholars working in this domain to have a comprehensive understanding of the topic and explore the relevant research gaps in the future.

Keywords:

• Bibliometric analysis
• cluster analysis
• financial performance
• gender diversity

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Notes on contributors

Majdi Quttainah

Dr. Majdi Quttainah is an associate professor at Kuwait University College of Business Administration. His research interests are corporate governance and strategies. He is an active scholar, presently working as senior editor of FIIB Business Review (Scopus, WoS, Published by the Sage Publishing). His research won several recognition and awards globally.

Shubham Singhania

Dr. Shubham Singhania has recently completed his PhD from University School of Management Entrepreneurship, Delhi Technological University, Delhi in the Area of Corporate Governance. His research interests are in the area of Sustainability, Gender Diversity and Corporate Governance and has published more than 10 research articles in Scopus and ABDC Listed Journals of repute.

Sudhir Rana

Dr. Sudhir Rana is an Associate Professor and Program Director at the College of Healthcare Management and Economics, Gulf Medical University. He is an expert of Literature Review methodologies and the founding editor of series Review of Management Literature. He is Editor-in-chief of FIIB Business Review and South Asian Journal of Marketing.