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A brokerage-based measure of organizational diversity and exploratory analysis of regulatory violations among Fortune 100 corporations Cover

A brokerage-based measure of organizational diversity and exploratory analysis of regulatory violations among Fortune 100 corporations

By: Roy C. Barnes and  David J. Luke  
Open Access
|Jun 2021

Figures & Tables

Figure 1:

Five types of brokerage roles.
Five types of brokerage roles.

Figure 2:

Decomposition of brokerage roles and classification of type of race-sex diversity.
Decomposition of brokerage roles and classification of type of race-sex diversity.

Figure 3:

Network of directors from Abbott Laboratories and Neighbors, 2005.
Network of directors from Abbott Laboratories and Neighbors, 2005.

Figure 4:

Average brokerage roles and classification of type of race-sex diversity, 2005.
Average brokerage roles and classification of type of race-sex diversity, 2005.

Profile of the F100 corporations_

SIC division2005 revenue, in $ billions
NAve.MaxMin
Finance, insurance, and real estate2746.3131.021.3
Manufacturing3965.1339.921.3
Mining159.059.059.0
Retail trade1562.4315.723.3
Services431.139.824.5
Transportation, communications, electric, gas, and sanitary services938.575.122.3
Wholesale trade553.880.528.8

Linear regression results: predicting 2005 (ln) total regulatory violations with brokerage-based measures of diversity_

Standardized beta coefficients
Model 1Model 2Model 3Model 4Model 5Model 6
B B B B B B
N brokerage roles, No diversity0.177 0.012 0.044
N brokerage roles, race diversity−0.053 −0.122 −0.167
N brokerage roles, sex diversity−0.247 −0.328* −0.381*
N brokerage roles, both diversity0.164 0.023 −0.032
Percent white males (on the board) −0.065 −0.130−0.232
Index of qualitative variation (IQV) 0.058 −0.029−0.114
Proportion of women on interlocked boards −0.117 −0.100−0.008
Proportion of women on interlocked boards, (excluding focal corporation) 0.078 0.063−0.013
Board size −0.0190.0770.0210.150
Corporate degree 0.0930.3410.0670.397
R 2 0.0410.0100.0070.0510.0150.077
F ratio1.0090.2000.3590.8390.2040.643

Descriptive statistics for F100 corporations_

NMinMaxMeanSD
Dependent:
  Natural log of total number of regulatory violations100−4.6054.2341.0952.265
Brokerage-based measures of diversity:
  Number of brokerage roles, no diversity10001950456.40427.72
  Number of brokerage roles, race diversity10001768328.68423.26
  Number of brokerage roles, sex diversity10001244330.28305.52
  Number of brokerage roles, both diversity10001686304.82348.86
Competing measures of diversity:
  Proportion white males1000.4000.9290.7240.107
  Index of qualitative variation1000.1770.8890.5580.157
  Proportion of women on interlocked boards880.0420.3420.1700.049
  Proportion of women on interlocked board (excluding focal corporation)880.0000.3000.1670.054
Network controls:
  Board size10072012.482.26
  Corporation degree1000123.862.81
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/connections-2021.021 | Journal eISSN: 2816-4245 | Journal ISSN: 0226-1766
Language: English
Page range: 7 - 24
Published on: Jun 15, 2021
Published by: International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2021 Roy C. Barnes, David J. Luke, published by International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.