This paper investigates the influence of organizations’ board independence on corporate social performance (CSP) using a meta-analytic approach. A sample of 87 published papers is used to identify a set of underlying moderating effects in that relationship. Specifically, differences in the system of corporate governance, CSP measurement models and market conditions have been considered as moder...

nowadays in consequence of widespread changes of corporate governances, chairman of the board has more real authorities on company decisions and due to his significant role in board leadership, is under the pressure of performance expectations. however, these changers are not made as it deserves in iran and in spite of various effects of chairman leadership on board culture – especially team pr...

This paper develops a model in which the e®ectiveness of the board's monitoring of the CEO depends on the board's structure or composition. The independence of new directors is determined through a bargaining process between the existing directors and the CEO. The CEO's bargaining position, and thus his in°uence over the board-selection process, depends on an updated estimate of the CEO's abili...

Recent studies indicate that lending portfoliocomposition in Islamic banks is concentrated towardsdebt-based portfolio; however, the ideal should be an equity-based portfolio. This article explores effects of internal governance factors on portfolio compositionofIslamic GCC Region. The investigated are board directors’ characteristics (size and independence), Shariah supervisory attributes cros...

This study uses the current financial crisis as a quasi-experiment to examine whether and to what extent corporate boards affect the performance of firms. Using cumulative stock returns over the crisis to measure of firm performance, we find that board independence, as traditionally defined, does not significantly affect firm performance. However, when we re-define independent directors as outs...

Available online 13 November 2014 This study examines the relationship between family firms and earnings management by considering the influence of board independence. Based on a sample of 379 listed high-technology firms over 7 years in Taiwan, we find that family firms are positively related to earnings management. Further, we find two interaction effects: (1) the proportion of independent di...

This study investigates the moderating effect of firm size in the relationship between corporate governance (board size, board independence and ownership concentration) and banks’ risk-taking (insolvency risk and credit risk). Secondary data (annual reports) was collected from a sample of 21 Malaysian commercial banks covering the 2005–2014 accounting period. An empirical model using pooled ord...