The paper first discusses the board roles as found in the existing literature and identifies the different terms that have been constantly used, to describe similar activities. By examining the roles under agency and resource dependence theories - two of the most dominant theoretical...

An optimum composition of the board of directors is often considered as an effective approach for achieving robust corporate governance. Broadly, the board of directors exercises four critical roles: “advice and counsel, channels of information flow, preferential access to resources, and...

This study evaluates corporate governance issues in banks operating in Nigeria and deals with board characteristics, composition, operations and processes, as well as their degree of compliance with Central bank of Nigeria Code of Corporate Governance. The empirical findings of the study reveal...

Corporate governance has emerged in the last decade mainly due to a number of corporate failures and scandals that have drawn the global attention. Furthermore, the current financial crisis has highlighted issues of CG in a widest sense and the corporate governance codes and recommendations are...

Purpose: This study examines how organisational demography (organizational age, organisational size and number of years listed in the Athens Stock Exchange, ATHEX), may impact the board structure (board size, CEO duality and CEO dependence/independence). Design/Methodology/approach: The...