Corporate Governance: Volume 7 Issue 5

The top team: examining board composition and firm performance

Michael L. McIntyre, Steven A. Murphy, Paul Mitchell

This paper seeks to argue that boards can be playing a more proactive role in contributing to organizational effectiveness and that their composition requires greater research…

Determinants of firm level governance: Malaysian evidence

Akmalia Mohamad Ariff, Muhd Kamil Ibrahim, Radiah Othman

The purpose of this paper is to provide an extension of the Corporate Governance Reporting Initiative (CGI) 2004, which reports on Malaysia's first corporate governance ratings…

Corporate governance and women: an empirical study of top and middle women managers in the Lebanese banking sector

D. Jamali, A. Safieddine, M. Daouk

The purpose of this paper is to look at how recent corporate scandals have translated into heightened interest in understanding various facets of corporate governance, notably the…

Positive and negative deviant workplace behaviors: causes, impacts, and solutions

Steven H. Appelbaum, Giulio David Iaconi, Albert Matousek

The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact on organizations of both negative deviant workplace behaviors – those that violate organizational norms, policies or internal…

Decreasing corporate governance in an ethico‐economic general equilibrium model of unity of knowledge

Masudul Alam Choudhury, Sofyan S. Harahap

The purpose of this paper is to explain how to reduce transaction cost in corporate governance by subjecting it institutionally to ethics and values of interactive and consensual…

Compliance obstacles to competitiveness

Eleanor Doyle

The purpose of this paper is to explain the competitiveness obstacles that European businesses face, which, if not addressed, limit the potential of the EU economy, particularly…

Corporate governance in the financial services sector

Morrison Handley‐Schachler, Linda Juleff, Colin Paton

The purpose of this paper is to overview the goals of corporate governance in the financial services sector from a theoretical perspective. This sector has experienced some high…

Disclosure of governance information by small and medium‐sized companies

Sepideh Parsa, Gin Chong, Ewere Isimoya

The purpose of this paper is to examine the extent of compliance with the governance regulatory requirements by small and medium‐sized companies (SMEs) listed on the alternative…