Table 7 Bootstrap results (indirect effects).

From: Mediating role of financial sustainability between board diversity and firms’ resilience: evidence from Saudi listed firms

Path

Observed coefficient

Standard error

Bootstrap (90% confidence interval)

Mediation

Lower

Upper

BND – FINS - LGS

0.4221

0.071

1.364

3.767

Significant

BND – FINS - SRV

23.753

2.479

0.391

1.117

Significant

  1. BND board size, ACE audit committee expertise, FINS financial sustainability, LGS long-term growth sales and SRV stock return volatility.