Tone at the top: leadership makeover and ESG focus in Indian private banks

<p dir="ltr">Using a sample of listed private banks in India, the paper quantitatively investigates the issue of leadership makeover in Indian private banks and identifies its impact on ESG scores, including the individual pillars within the corporate governance framework. Using seco...

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Main Author: Saibal Ghosh (20552052) (author)
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Banking, finance and investment
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
ESG
CEO
Honeymoon phase
Private banks
India
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description <p dir="ltr">Using a sample of listed private banks in India, the paper quantitatively investigates the issue of leadership makeover in Indian private banks and identifies its impact on ESG scores, including the individual pillars within the corporate governance framework. Using secondary data for 2011–2023, the findings indicate a positive and statistically significant impact of leadership makeover on ESG scores. The response differs across new and old private banks, as also concerning the pillars of ESG. In particular, freshly appointed CEOs in new private banks emphasise the environmental and social pillars of ESG, whereas CEOs of old private banks focus on the governance pillar. There is also a honeymoon versus consolidation phase, wherein CEOs in new private banks are typically proactive in the former phase, while those in old private banks have a more long-term approach. These findings suggest that the differential performance of private banks on the ESG score can be traced to CEO individualism, which is consistent with the Upper Echelons theory.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: International Journal of Disclosure and Governance<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41310-024-00278-9" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41310-024-00278-9</a></p>
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spelling Tone at the top: leadership makeover and ESG focus in Indian private banksSaibal Ghosh (20552052)Commerce, management, tourism and servicesBanking, finance and investmentStrategy, management and organisational behaviourESGCEOHoneymoon phasePrivate banksIndia<p dir="ltr">Using a sample of listed private banks in India, the paper quantitatively investigates the issue of leadership makeover in Indian private banks and identifies its impact on ESG scores, including the individual pillars within the corporate governance framework. Using secondary data for 2011–2023, the findings indicate a positive and statistically significant impact of leadership makeover on ESG scores. The response differs across new and old private banks, as also concerning the pillars of ESG. In particular, freshly appointed CEOs in new private banks emphasise the environmental and social pillars of ESG, whereas CEOs of old private banks focus on the governance pillar. There is also a honeymoon versus consolidation phase, wherein CEOs in new private banks are typically proactive in the former phase, while those in old private banks have a more long-term approach. These findings suggest that the differential performance of private banks on the ESG score can be traced to CEO individualism, which is consistent with the Upper Echelons theory.</p><h2>Other Information</h2><p dir="ltr">Published in: International Journal of Disclosure and Governance<br>License: <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0" target="_blank">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</a><br>See article on publisher's website: <a href="https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41310-024-00278-9" target="_blank">https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41310-024-00278-9</a></p>2025-01-21T06:00:00ZTextJournal contributioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontextcontribution to journal10.1057/s41310-024-00278-9https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Tone_at_the_top_leadership_makeover_and_ESG_focus_in_Indian_private_banks/30173461CC BY 4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:figshare.com:article/301734612025-01-21T06:00:00Z
spellingShingle Tone at the top: leadership makeover and ESG focus in Indian private banks
Saibal Ghosh (20552052)
Commerce, management, tourism and services
Banking, finance and investment
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
ESG
CEO
Honeymoon phase
Private banks
India
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title Tone at the top: leadership makeover and ESG focus in Indian private banks
title_full Tone at the top: leadership makeover and ESG focus in Indian private banks
title_fullStr Tone at the top: leadership makeover and ESG focus in Indian private banks
title_full_unstemmed Tone at the top: leadership makeover and ESG focus in Indian private banks
title_short Tone at the top: leadership makeover and ESG focus in Indian private banks
title_sort Tone at the top: leadership makeover and ESG focus in Indian private banks
topic Commerce, management, tourism and services
Banking, finance and investment
Strategy, management and organisational behaviour
ESG
CEO
Honeymoon phase
Private banks
India