Open AccessDo Females In Top Management Affect Firm Performance? Evidence From Pakistan
Author(s) -
Muhammad Shaukat Malik,
Nida Zahoor
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
pakistan journal of gender studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8886
pISSN - 2072-0394
DOI - 10.46568/pjgs.v12i1.202
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , business , operations management , index (typography) , accounting , industrial organization , economics , psychology , computer science , communication , world wide web
The purpose of this research is to examine the impact of females on top management on firm performance. For this purpose, proportion of the females on top management and firm performance are considered. Secondary data of KSE-100 index firms is used from the year 2010 to year 2014 for this research. STATA 13 is employed to analyze the data and formulate the results. Results revealed that the impact of females in top management on firm performance changes with the job they perform. There is significantly negative impact of female top managers on firm performance. Whereas, females on board does not have any significant impact on firm performance.