This study empirically examined the relationship between board diversity and executive compensation among public listed company in Malaysia. We extend the prior literature by covering broader dimensions of diversity such as gender, age, ethnicity, nationality, educational background and educational level diversity. A total of 312 observations was made based on selected samples by using stratified random sampling method from Bursa Malaysia from 2016 until 2018. The sample consist of non-financial listed firms from various industry sectors. This study used panel data analysis with random effect to see the relationship between the variables tested. The analysis showed that there are significant relationships between board diversity and executive compensation. The diversity of age, ethnicity and nationality diversity are significantly related to executive compensation. Moreover, some additional tests were done to see the relationship between board diversity and executive compensation, whic.....

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