Are boards designed to fail? The implausibility of effective board monitoring

S Boivie, MK Bednar, RV Aguilera… - … of Management Annals, 2016 - journals.aom.org
In this review, we challenge the idea that directors are well positioned to be effective
monitors of management. Moving beyond the logic of incentives and ability, we …

Boards of directors: A review and research agenda

JL Johnson, CM Daily… - Journal of management, 1996 - journals.sagepub.com
Boards of directors have been the subject of extensive conceptualization and empirical
research. We review literature addressing boards of directors from the perspective of the …

Board composition and corporate social responsibility: The role of diversity, gender, strategy and decision making

K Rao, C Tilt - Journal of business ethics, 2016 - Springer
This paper aims to critically review the existing literature on the relationship between
corporate governance, in particular board diversity, and both corporate social responsibility …

When boards matter: The case of corporate social irresponsibility

T Jain, R Zaman - British Journal of Management, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
While academic research has made remarkable progress in understanding corporate social
responsibility (CSR), we have scant understanding of corporate social irresponsibility …

The board of directors and firm performance: empirical evidence from listed companies

A Merendino, R Melville - … : The international journal of business in …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose This study aims to reconcile some of the conflicting results in prior studies of the
board structure–firm performance relationship and to evaluate the effectiveness and …

Corporate governance effect on financial distress likelihood: Evidence from Spain: Efecto del gobierno corporativo en la probabilidad de fracaso empresarial …

M Manzaneque, AM Priego - Revista de Contabilidad-Spanish …, 2016 - revistas.um.es
Este trabajo analiza algunos mecanismos de gobierno corporativo (propiedad y
características del Consejo de Administración) en las empresas cotizadas españolas y su …

Boardroom diversity and its effect on social performance: Conceptualization and empirical evidence

T Hafsi, G Turgut - Journal of business ethics, 2013 - Springer
In this paper, we seek to answer two questions:(1) what does boardroom diversity stand for
in the strategic management literature? And,(2) is there a significant relationship between …

Corporate governance in Islamic banks: New insights for dual board structure and agency relationships

H Farag, C Mallin, K Ow-Yong - Journal of International Financial Markets …, 2018 - Elsevier
We investigate the influence of the dual board structure on the financial performance of
Islamic banks. The paper also investigates the unique agency relationships using a sample …

Synthesizing and extending resource dependence theory: A meta-analysis

JM Drees, PP Heugens - Journal of management, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Resource dependence theory (RDT) has long been a premier framework for understanding
organization-environmental relations, but an empirical synthesis of its predictions is still …

The contribution of women on boards of directors: Going beyond the surface

S Nielsen, M Huse - Corporate governance: An international …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Manuscript Type: Empirical Research Question/Issue: The increased attention
to women on corporate boards presents new challenges to governance research. In this …