Corporate Governance: Volume 10 Issue 5

Corporate social responsibility and labor turnover

Donald F. Vitaliano

This paper aims to estimate empirically the effect on the voluntary turnover (quit) rate of employees when a large public corporation already judged as an outstanding employer is…

Corporate governance and information asymmetry between managers and investors

Denis Cormier, Marie‐Josée Ledoux, Michel Magnan, Walter Aerts

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of governance on information asymmetry between managers and investors. Hence, the paper seeks to extend prior voluntary…

Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility: evidence from the healthcare sector

Dima Jamali, Mohammad Hallal, Hanin Abdallah

Sound corporate governance is now a mainstream issue of concern in the business world. However, there has been no systematic investigation of corporate governance practices in the…

Power in the boardroom: a study on Turkish family‐owned and listed companies

Beyza Oba, Zeynep Ozsoy, Serap Atakan

The purpose of this study is to understand the power dynamics of the boards of directors in family‐owned and listed Turkish companies. Power and dominance in the boardroom can be…

Empirical evidence of corporate governance in Thai state‐owned enterprises

Orapan Khongmalai, John C.S. Tang, Sununta Siengthai

The primary objectives of this paper are to: develop a multi‐attribute pattern of the corporate governance model in Thai state‐owned enterprises; assess the relative importance of…

Corporate governance rating and financial performance: a Canadian study

Sylvie Berthelot, Tania Morris, Cameron Morrill

This paper aims to examine whether the corporate governance rankings published by a market information intermediary are reflected in the values that investors accord to firms.

A new perspective on board composition and firm performance in an emerging market

Rashid Ameer, Fairuz Ramli, Husein Zakaria

This paper seeks to examine the relationship between board composition and firm performance using a board‐level aggregation variable.

Information technology governance: an evaluation of the theory‐practice gap

Denise Ko, Dieter Fink

The aim of this paper is to provide an understanding of information technology (IT) governance, from both a theory and practice perspective, and to identify current…