Does gender diversity on the board reduce agency cost? Evidence from Pakistan

A Amin, R Ur Rehman, R Ali, CG Ntim - Gender in Management: An …, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to examine the effects of board gender diversity on agency costs in
non-financial firms listed on the Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX). Design/methodology …

Grading in Hungarian primary schools: Mechanisms of ethnic discrimination against Roma students

D Kisfalusi, B Janky, K Takács - European Sociological Review, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The present study aims to shed light on the mechanisms of ethnic discrimination in teacher
assessments in Hungarian primary schools. For this purpose, we use data collected among …

The developmental process of peer support networks: The role of friendship

L Wang, L Liang, Z Liu, K Yuan, J Ju, Y Bian - Frontiers in psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
This study investigated the characteristics and development of peer support networks in an
effort to unravel the role of friendship in this developmental process. The relationships …

[HTML][HTML] Peers that count: The influence of deskmates on test scores

T Keller, K Takács - Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, 2019 - Elsevier
Peer effects have been shown to be important for educational development during
adolescence. Peer effect from classmates and friends, nevertheless, could be the target of …

Gender bias in the classroom: A network study on self and peer ability attribution

E De Gioannis, F Bianchi, F Squazzoni - Social Networks, 2023 - Elsevier
Stereotypes can contribute to the gender gap in STEM by shaping people's expectations on
their own and others' performance. When gender is salient, expectations on task …

Rearranging the Desk Chairs: A large randomized field experiment on the effects of close contact on interethnic relations

F Elwert, T Keller, A Kotsadam - American Journal of …, 2023 - journals.uchicago.edu
Contact theory predicts that interethnic exposure reduces antiminority discrimination. By
contrast, conflict theory predicts that interethnic exposure worsens discrimination. Received …

Impact of student-led discussions on student engagement and involvement

S Hefel - 2022 - search.proquest.com
The purpose of this action research was to investigate the relationship between student
engagement and student-led discussions for middle school students, focusing specifically …

Children need to see themselves in their reading material: parental perspectives on the importance of ethnically and culturally diverse reading material

MA Scorer, EJ Vardy - Literacy, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
To support children's engagement with reading material, it is important children are
represented in reading material provided. As Parents are the curators of their child's reading …

Students' Learning: Exploring the Role of Teacher Favoritism and Classroom Management

G Muhammad, SN Awan, S Sheikh, HA Ali… - … and Social Sciences, 2023 - global-jws.com
Our research endeavors to investigate the correlation between favoritism and student
psychology, concurrently exploring the potential mediating influence of classroom …

Inter-ethnic relationships in social networks and their effect on the resilience of ethnically diverse societies

TH Stark, V Seibel - A research agenda for social networks and …, 2022 - elgaronline.com
The population of most European countries has become increasingly ethnically, religiously,
and culturally diverse. For instance, in 2020, 67.4 million people living in Europe were …