Conference paper
CEO Gender, Ethical leadership and Accounting Conservatism
American Accounting Association
American Accounting Association (AAA) 2013 Annual Conference (Anaheim, CA, 03/08/2013–07/08/2013)
2013
Abstract
With male CEOs dominating corporate leadership, prior literature examining top management's decision-making suffers from an implicit masculine bias. Males and females are biologically and psychologically different. Leadership characteristics of the female CEO are largely unexplored. Two of these characteristics, risk aversion and ethical sensitivity, are tied to key accounting issues such as conservatism in financial reporting and steadfastness against frauds. Contributing to the literature on ethical leadership, this research examines the relationship between CEO gender and accounting conservatism, and observes a positive association between them. Consistent with conventional wisdom, this association strengthens in firms with high litigation risks and takeover risks. This paper contributes to the ethics literature by highlighting the benefits of gender equality and conservatism.
Details
- Title
- CEO Gender, Ethical leadership and Accounting Conservatism
- Authors/Creators
- S. Ho (Author/Creator)A.Y. Li (Author/Creator)K. Tam (Author/Creator)F.F. Zhang (Author/Creator)
- Conference
- American Accounting Association (AAA) 2013 Annual Conference (Anaheim, CA, 03/08/2013–07/08/2013)
- Publisher
- American Accounting Association
- Identifiers
- 991005540911507891
- Copyright
- The Authors
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Conference paper
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