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April 3, 2026Humanities and Social Sciences CommunicationsOpen Access

Bridging the gap? Board gender diversity, ESG performance, and executive pay in GCC

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ATAhmed Mohamed Shawki TawfikRARaghad Abdulkarim AlsudaysLALaila Aladwey

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Examines board gender diversity's effect on ESG performance and executive pay gap in GCC, suggesting implications for policy and corporate governance.

Key Points

  • This research investigates how board gender diversity affects the link between ESG performance and the executive pay gap in GCC countries.
  • Applied a Random Effects regression model to analyze data
  • Examined the relationship between board gender diversity, ESG performance, and executive pay gap in GCC countries
  • Incorporated lagged variables to address potential endogeneity
  • Found a negative relationship between ESG performance and executive pay gap
  • Identified that board gender diversity enhances the relationship between ESG performance and executive pay gap
  • Provided insights for corporate governance improvement and policy implications on gender diversity and ESG integration

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Tawfik et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cf5f225a333a821460dfb7https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-026-06922-9
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