Female director appointments under institutional change: Neutralizing response to competing logics
Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Publication Date
8-2020
Abstract
We examine female board appointments in Japan to investigate how managers respond to conflicting institutional logics: all-male insider control vs. gender diversity. Using fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA), we find that female board appointments occur when several factors combine to put pressure on firms: stock market underperformance, high levels of visibility, the absence of a stabilizing family owner, and various configurations of foreign shareholder and outside director power as well as the absence of prior female board appointments. However, most firms appoint women with an internal orientation, i.e., who see themselves as working for insiders rather than outside stakeholders such as shareholders. Firms thus adopt the new logics while simultaneously neutralizing its impact. This suggests a possible extension of theory on resolving conflicting institutional logics. We further contribute to our understanding of the international diffusion of corporate governance processes.
Discipline
Human Resources Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory
Research Areas
Strategy and Organisation
Publication
Academy of Management Proceedings: 2020 AoM
Identifier
10.5465/AMBPP.2020.11519abstract
Publisher
Academy of Management
City or Country
Briarcliff Manor
Citation
YOSHIKAWA, Toru; WITT, Michael A.; and YAMADA, Jin-ichiro.
Female director appointments under institutional change: Neutralizing response to competing logics. (2020). Academy of Management Proceedings: 2020 AoM.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6809
Additional URL
https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.11519abstract