caa a22 4500 605484082 CHVBK 20210128100434.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150801xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10551-014-2206-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10551-014-2206-8 The Influence of Presence and Position of Women on the Boards of Directors: The Case of NHS Foundation Trusts [Elektronische Daten] [Sheila Ellwood, Javier Garcia-Lacalle] This study examines the influence of women on the boards of directors of National Health Service Foundation Trusts (FTs) in England. FTs provide a public service where social performance is the primary objective, although financial constraints must be met. Female presence (the proportion of women) is higher for executive directors than non-executives, reflecting the high number of women employed in the sector. We find that a high female presence among executive and non-executive directorships does not result in significant differences either in financial return or service quality. When gender diversity on boards is consistently high (high level of female presence across boards), the benefits on performance of having more women on the board may not be discernible. However, female Chairs or Chief Executives result in significant reductions in negative social outcomes, such as lower clinical negligence costs, without harming financial management. The findings of this study, carried out in a context of high female presence and where a woman frequently occupies one of the two most influential board positions, Chair and Chief Executive, have implications for gender diversity and gender targets on the boards of directors in business and other sectors. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Gender diversity nationallicence Board of directors nationallicence Public bodies nationallicence NHS Foundation Trust nationallicence Corporate governance nationallicence FT : Foundation Trust nationallicence NHS : National Health Service nationallicence FRC : Financial Reporting Council nationallicence Ellwood Sheila Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Bristol, 8 Woodland Road, BS8 1TN, Bristol, UK aut Garcia-Lacalle Javier Department of Accounting and Finance, Universidad Zaragoza, Gran Via 2, 50005, Zaragoza, Spain aut Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 130/1(2015-08-01), 69-84 0167-4544 130:1<69 2015 130 10551 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2206-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2206-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ellwood Sheila Department of Accounting and Finance, University of Bristol, 8 Woodland Road, BS8 1TN, Bristol, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Garcia-Lacalle Javier Department of Accounting and Finance, Universidad Zaragoza, Gran Via 2, 50005, Zaragoza, Spain aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Business Ethics Springer Netherlands 130/1(2015-08-01), 69-84 0167-4544 130:1<69 2015 130 10551