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Item Restricted Assessing the Impact of Increasing Diversity on Boardroom Effectiveness in Saudi Listed CompaniesABDULLAH ADEEB ESKANDARANY; Professor Jill Atkins and Dr Sharif KhalidThis thesis aims to evaluate stakeholders' perceptions of increasing diversity on corporate boards, and its potential impact on board eff ectiveness. Thestudy focuses on the component diversity types of gender, age, background education, qualifi cation level, experience, and nationality. This develops thescope of research in the fi eld (indeed, many previous studies focus only on one or two diversity types). Two methods of data collection are used: asecondary data analysis and qualitative semi-structured interviews. The secondary data analysed in this study off ers insights into the context of the studyand it informs the semi-structured interview questions. The research presents thirty semi-structured interviews with diff erent stakeholders from the SaudiArabian stock exchange. The fi ndings highlight signifi cant changes in attitude in the country as a whole and improvements in corporate governance.Looking through the lens of institutional logics reveals that the Saudi market comprises two diversity logics, namely, traditional diversity logic and newdiversity logic. The fi ndings also demonstrate shifting and resisting pressures in relation to the new logic at diff erent levels: individual, organisational andsocietal. Change is required, and yet social dimensions such as culture, regulations, religion, and norms, work to resist and slow down the shift to newdiversity logic. The study also explores the potential benefi ts of board diversity on the Saudi Vision 2030, and it off ers recommendations to policymakersand stakeholders on ways to enhance boardroom diversity and the governance framework. One of the crucial recommendations highlighted in the thesis isthe need to mandate diversity within Saudi boardrooms.11 0Item Restricted CEO Power and Performance: Evidence from FTSE 100 over the Period from 2010 to 2015(Saudi Digital Library) ABDULLAH ADEEB ESKANDARANY; David Ayling3 0