Abstract
Current findings on the effect of
gender diverse boards on corporate social responsibility (CSR) are equivocal
with some studies demonstrating a positive effect and others reporting a
negative or no effect. This paper advances CSR research by studying the impact
of board gender diversity on corporate environmental performance and gendered
CSR. It compares CSR performance across industrial and creative economy firms.
The former tending to be male gender skewed and the latter tending to be female
gender skewed promise to more clearly capture the influence of gender on
corporate behavior. Our findings indicate creative economy companies perform
better than industrial companies on environmental performance and some aspects
of gendered CSR such as higher percentages of female managers.
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