The effect of gender and racial diversity on REIT board performance in South Africa

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Azasu ◽  
Anthony Owusu-Ansah ◽  
Aashen Lalloo ◽  
Senyo Cudjoe
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Board Performance

scholarly journals Inclusive Communities: A missional approach to racial inclusivity within the Dutch Reformed Church

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 381 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pieter Fourie Rossouw
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
White Identity ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Dutch Reformed ◽  
Hybrid Identities ◽  
Reformed Church ◽  
Personal Reflections ◽  
The Church ◽  
Dutch Reformed Church

This article dealt with racial diversity in homogenous white Afrikaans faith communities such as the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC). This study was partially an account of the researcher’s own discontent with being a minister in the DRC against the backdrop of his own journey of finding a racially integrated identity in a post-apartheid South Africa. It focused on the question of how a church like the DRC can play an intentional role in the formation of racially inclusive communities. The study brought together shifts in missional theology, personal reflections from DRC ministers and contemporary studies on whiteness. The researcher looked towards a missional imaginary as a field map for racial diversity in the church. This was mirrored against contemporary studies on white identity in a post-apartheid South Africa. From this conversation the researcher argued for a creative discovery of hybrid identities within white faith communities. Missional exercises such as listening to the stories of strangers, cross cultural pilgrimages and eating together in strange places can assist congregations on this journey.

The Variety of Diversity Considerations in the Director-Nomination Process: Evidence from the Dow 30

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Cussatt ◽  
M. Kathleen Harris ◽  
Fangjun Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Large Body ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Board Diversity ◽  
Hiring Process ◽  
Dow Jones Industrial Average ◽  
Board Performance ◽  
Normative Implications

A large body of diversity literature examines outcomes associated with specific dimensions of board diversity, such as gender or racial diversity. This paper provides descriptive evidence on inputs to board diversity by analyzing the language contained in diversity disclosures of companies listed on the 2019 Dow Jones Industrial Average. Our analyses demonstrate that the concept of diversity is vast, has different meanings to different audiences, and continues to evolve. In addition, we investigate whether the language used in the disclosures reflects actual diversity for the boards in our sample. Based on our analyses, we discuss potential normative implications, regulatory insights, and limitations related to the disclosures, and highlight avenues for future research. This study will be of interest to researchers and practitioners evaluating how diversity impacts board performance, as well as practitioners and regulators defining, implementing, and/or assessing diversity policies in the hiring process.

Ethno-racial Diversity on Nonprofit Boards: A Critical Mass Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 931-952 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Fredette ◽  
Ruth Sessler Bernstein
Keyword(s):  
Boards Of Directors ◽  
Critical Mass ◽  
Third Sector ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Organizational Leaders ◽  
Organizational Responsiveness ◽  
Alternative Approach ◽  
Board Performance ◽  
Leadership Diversity ◽  
The Relationship

The need for greater diversity among organizational leaders and directors remains a challenge for organizations within the third sector, and beyond. This study examines diversity through a critical mass lens; that is, we examine an alternative approach to understanding the relationship between the ethno-racial composition of boards of directors and their perceived ability to engage stakeholders, improve organizational responsiveness, and effectively manage fiduciary responsibilities. Our study, drawing on a survey of 247 boards, clarifies the need for a critical mass approach to leadership diversity by highlighting the uneven impact of diversity on performance demonstrated by periods of accelerating and decelerating effect. We find that boards achieving a critical mass of ethno-racial diversity improved board performance among three governance activities—fiduciary performance, stakeholder engagement, and organizational responsiveness—with our critical mass approach illustrating the uneven impact of diversity on performance for each governance activity.

The Politics of South Africa: Democracy and Racial Diversity.

1978 ◽  
Vol 93 (1) ◽  
pp. 171
Author(s):  
John Stone ◽  
Howard Brotz
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Racial Diversity

scholarly journals “Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery”: Dying in South African Frail Care

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 9-23
Author(s):  
Casey Golomski
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
South African ◽  
Small Town ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Care Home ◽  
Racial Diversity ◽  
Charitable Organization ◽  
Life After Death

What happens when we die? This article traces answers to this question posed to staff and residents of a nursing (frail care) home in small-town South Africa run by a Christian women’s charitable organization. The religious, cultural, and racial diversity of staff and residents, along with their different medical understandings of declining health and death constellate expansive perceptions of dying and life after death. Staff and residents share certainty about the continuity of a soul or spirit after death through a Christian God, although precise locations and modes of egress for these spiritual entities are uncertain. Heaven and hell are not strongly defined or taken for granted realities. A presentist rather than historical orientation strongly shapes the rhythms of daily life and the end of life in the home. Residents aim to find meaning in daily life and staff aim to find meaning in aiding residents in the final moments of life by being tenderly co-present. Overall, peoples’ perceptions of spatiotemporal transitions from life to the immediate after-life effectively complicate notions of immanence in the anthropology of morality, ethics, and religion. To use one informant’s terms, the end of life is “a mystery” which residents and staff engage in delicate orchestrations of carework.

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