Using a sample of 916 Chinese listed state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from 2001 to 2005, we find the likelihood of top management turnover is negatively associated with firm performance, suggesting the existence of an effective market-based corporate governance mechanism in an emerging economy...

Previous studies on the value relevance of board gender and ethnic diversity produced mixed results. This paper re-examines this relationship using hand-collected data of 245 South African listed firms over the period 2008-2013. We document a positive and significant effect of both board gender...

Using a sample of 916 Chinese listed state-owned enterprises (SOEs) from 2001 to 2005, we find that the likelihood of top management turnover is negatively associated with firm performance, suggesting the existence of an effective corporate governance mechanism in an emerging economy that is...

This paper investigates the decision to appoint politically connected top executives to Chinese listed state-owned enterprises (SOEs) when they face distressful conditions and whether such appointments enhance or reduce firm performance and corporate governance in subsequent years. China is the...