Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Business, Accounting and Economics, ICBAE 2020, 5 - 6 August 2020, Purwokerto, Indonesia

Research Article

Does Woman Director Matters in Performance and Risk? A Study in ASEAN Banking Firms

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.5-8-2020.2301088,
        author={Maulida Nurul Innayah and Bima Cinintya Pratama and Akhmad  Darmawan and Dwi  Winarni and Prita  Esita},
        title={Does Woman Director Matters in Performance and Risk? A Study in ASEAN Banking Firms },
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference of Business, Accounting and Economics, ICBAE 2020,  5 - 6 August 2020, Purwokerto, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICBAE},
        year={2020},
        month={10},
        keywords={woman director firm performance risk},
        doi={10.4108/eai.5-8-2020.2301088}
    }
    
  • Maulida Nurul Innayah
    Bima Cinintya Pratama
    Akhmad Darmawan
    Dwi Winarni
    Prita Esita
    Year: 2020
    Does Woman Director Matters in Performance and Risk? A Study in ASEAN Banking Firms
    ICBAE
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.5-8-2020.2301088
Maulida Nurul Innayah1,*, Bima Cinintya Pratama1, Akhmad Darmawan1, Dwi Winarni1, Prita Esita1
  • 1: Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto, Indonesia
*Contact email: nanamaulida@gmail.com

Abstract

This study examines the effect of woman director on firm performance and risk in ASEAN banking firms. The data used in this study was obtained from Bloomberg and OSIRIS database and also firm’s annual reports during 2014-2018 and conducted on five countries in ASEAN, namely Indonesia, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. The final sample used in this study consists of a total of 375 observations. This study uses panel data regression model analysis, ie. fixed effect regression and random effect regression. The results showed that woman director has a positive and significant effect on firm performance. The results also showed that woman director has a negative and significant effect on risk. This results indicate that the presence of woman director can improve firm performance and reduce risk.