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- Title
The impacts of independent director and CEO duality on performance in the Chinese post‐institutional‐transition era.
- Authors
Lew, Yong Kyu; Yu, Jing; Park, Jeong‐Yang
- Abstract
This paper investigates the influence of corporate governance on the performance of modern Chinese firms. Prior studies were inconclusive about the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance. Little research investigates the performance implications of board structure in the post‐institutional‐transition era in China. Based on agency and resource dependence theories, this paper examines the impacts of board composition and leadership structure on the performance of Chinese manufacturing firms that went public on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges in 2010. The findings show that separating the posts of CEO and chair promotes better performance. However, appointing a larger proportion of outside independent directors to the board insignificantly affects performance. This research provides partial support for agency theory and extended insights into corporate governance in emerging economy firms. Copyright © 2017 ASAC. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
SHANGHAI (China); CORPORATE governance; MANUFACTURED products; CHIEF executive officers; SHENZHEN zheng quan jiao yi suo
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.), 2018, Vol 35, Issue 4, p620
- ISSN
0825-0383
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/cjas.1468