Accounting Professor’s Paper Published in A-Ranked Journal

Sept. 15, 2014 - PRLog -- Kent State College of Business Administration Associate Accounting Professor Indrarini Laksmana, Ph.D.’s paper titled “Board Diversity and Corporate Responsibility” was recently published in the Journal of Business Ethics.

The paper examines the impact of board diversity on firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance. The study found that board diversity is positively associated with CSR performance. Board diversity is associated with a greater number of areas in which CSR is strong and a fewer number of areas in which CSR is a concern.

“Our study contributes to the greater understanding of the role of corporate boards in overseeing management performance,” Dr. Laksmana said. “Specifically, we examine the effectiveness of diverse boards in supervising managers’ CSR performance. Diversity increases firms’ ability to recognize the interests of their broader groups of stakeholders.  Our study supports the calls for greater board diversity from regulators in the U.S. and European countries.”

The paper is published in the Journal of Business Ethics, an A ranked publication in the college and is ranked in the Financial Times Top 45 Journals.

Dr. Laksmana coauthored the paper with Maretno Harjoto and Robert Lee, both professors of finance and accounting at Pepperdine University’s Graziado School of Business and Management.

The paper can be viewed online by visiting http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-014-2343-0?sa_campaign=email/event/articleAuthor/onlineFirst.

For more information on the paper and the findings of the study, contact Dr. Laksmana by phone at 330-672-1119 or email at ilaksman@kent.edu.

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Kent State’s College of Business Administration is one of only 180 universities worldwide to achieve dual accreditation in both business and accounting from AACSB International, the longest-serving global accrediting body for business schools that offer undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees in business and accounting.