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Research Publications
I am pleased to share that research papers have been published in reputed academic journals including two publications in Financial Times 50 journal, namely, The Accounting Review and Journal of Business Ethics. Research papers promote the importance of Ethics, Knowledge, Quality and Board Gender Diversity. Three of these research papers are open access. Therefore, you can access them and read for free!
These research papers focus on themes such as Quality Accounting Information, Female Directors Add Value, Challenges of Woman in Leadership, Corporate Governance and Firm Performance. Her research papers have received widespread attention and recognition. Her Research Talks are now streaming on Pra2Njeeni. ​
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Meet the Co-authors
Our Recent Research Papers highlight Quality Accounting Information, Female Directors Add Value, Challenges of Woman in Leadership, Importance of Outside Directors Firm-Specific Knowledge during COVID-19 Crisis and Firm Performance.
Financial Reporting Quality matters in Supply Contracting!
Customers’ financial reporting quality influences suppliers’ decisions to contract with them for the future supply of goods and services (Naidu and Ranjeeni 2024).
Publication Outlet: The Accounting Review. UTD 24 journal and Financial Times 50 journal
Co-authors: Dr Dharmendra Naidu and Dr Kumari Ranjeeni
Full paper: Available at https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2021-0652
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Female Directors Matter!
Female directors foster ethical redaction of confidential information to protect a firm's competitive edge, Although this results in short term pain (adverse selection cost", firm benefits in the long term via shareholder wealth maximization (Naidu and Ranjeeni 2023a).
Publication Outlet: Journal of Business Ethics, Financial Times 50 journal
Co-authors: Dr Dharmendra Naidu and Dr Kumari Ranjeeni
Full paper: Available at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05553-3
This paper led by Dr Kumari Ranjeeni is a step to create awareness about the benefits of female directors and advance towards meeting United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals on Gender Equality.
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In the Media:
This research paper's findings were recently shared from other outlets:
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Fiji Sun Newspaper - For more information, please click here!
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Monash IMPACT - For more information, please click here!
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Avondale Business School - For more information, please click here!
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Stop Gender Role Stereotype!
More Societal Awareness needed to mitigate detrimental stereotyping and undervaluation of female directors (Ranjeeni and Naidu 2024).
Do Investors Undervalue Female Directors due to Gender Role Stereotype? Evidence from the United States
Publication Outlet: ABACUS
Co-authors: Dr Kumari Ranjeeni and Dr Dharmendra Naidu
Full paper: Available at https://doi.org/10.1111/abac.12321
This paper was led by Dr Kumari Ranjeeni. She started working in the area of board gender diversity during her Accounting Honours education whereby she received Monash Business School Award for achieveing the highest (GPA 4.0/4/0).
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Further details about this research paper is provided in Pra2Njeeni Blogs by clicking here!
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Outside Directors Firm-Specific Knowledge Matters during Crisis!
"Our research is the first to show how prior social interactions between outside directors and inside directors over their tenure positively contributed to firm performance during the COVID-19 crisis", (Naidu and Ranjeeni 2023b).
Publication Outlet: Australian Journal of Management
Co-authors: Dr Dharmendra Naidu and Dr Kumari Ranjeeni
Full paper: Available at https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962231166831
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This paper was led by Dr Dharmendra Naidu. He started working in the area of corporate governance during his Master's by research studies at The University of the South Pacific (USP). Dr Kumari Ranjeeni worked in the area of investors reaction to global financial crisis during her Master's by research studies at USP. As such, both researchers collaborated on this research project.
Further details about this research paper is provided in Pra2Njeeni Blogs by clicking here!
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In the Media:
This research paper's findings were recently shared through Fiji Sun Newspaper - For more information, please click here!
Summary
In sum, our research highlights the following:
1. Importance of financial reporting quality in supply contracting decisions (Naidu and Ranjeeni, 2024).
2. Importance of having woman on corporate boards as an antecedent for ethical redaction of proprietary information (Naidu and Ranjeeni, 2023a).
3. Female directors are being undervalued due to gender role stereotype. More societal awareness on the benefits of woman on corporate boards is required to address detrimental stereotyping of female directors! (Ranjeeni and Naidu, 2024).
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4. Importance of Outside directors' firm specific knowledge during a crisis (Naidu and Ranjeeni, 2023b).
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References
References:
Naidu, D., Ranjeeni, K. (2024) "Is Customers’ Financial Reporting Quality Associated with Suppliers’ Decision to Contract?". The Accounting Review. Free for limited time only. https://doi.org/10.2308/TAR-2021-0652
Naidu, D., Ranjeeni, K. (2023a)"Shhh… Do Gender-Diverse Boards Prioritize Product Market Concerns Over Capital Market Incentives? Journal of Business Ethics (2023a).
Financial Times 50 journal. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-023-05553-3.
Naidu, D., Ranjeeni, K. (2023b). Did outside directors’ firm-specific accumulated knowledge benefit the firm’s stock performance during COVID-19?
Australian Journal of Management, 0(0). Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1177/03128962231166831
Ranjeeni, K and Naidu, D. (2024) "Do Investors Undervalue Female Directors due to Gender Role Stereotype? Evidence from the United States." ABACUS. Open Access. https://doi.org/10.1111/abac.12321