The issue of the presence of diverse directors on boards has attracted considerable attention among policymakers, practitioners, and academics. There is relatively less attention to the inclusion of diverse directors, or their onward trajectory after appointment. We study two outcomes related to inclusion—the retention of directors and their promotion to board leadership positions. Although gender is a key focus of many diversity discussions, we find significant inclusion results on skill diversity and nongender diversity dimensions. Retention and promotion are “less” likely for age- and ethnicity-diverse directors but both outcomes are more likely for skill-diverse directors.

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导演的多样性和包容性：在桌上但在游戏中？

董事会中存在多元化董事的问题引起了政策制定者、从业者和学术界的极大关注。相对较少关注多元化董事的加入，或他们任命后的发展轨迹。我们研究了与包容性相关的两个结果——董事的保留和他们晋升为董事会领导职位。尽管性别是许多多样性讨论的重点，但我们在技能多样性和非性别多样性维度上发现了显着的包容性结果。对于年龄和种族多元化的导演来说，保留和晋升的可能性“较小”，但对于技能多元化的导演来说，这两种结果都更有可能。