Board Characterstics and Firm Performance: Case of Saudi Arabia

Corporate governance (CG) has received much attention in the current studies all over the world especially after many corporate scandals and the failures of some biggest firms around the world such as Commerce Bank (1991) Enron (2001), Adelphia (2002), and World Com (2002). The aim of this study is...

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Main Author:	Ghabayen, Mohammad Ahid Mohammad
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description	Corporate governance (CG) has received much attention in the current studies all over the world especially after many corporate scandals and the failures of some biggest firms around the world such as Commerce Bank (1991) Enron (2001), Adelphia (2002), and World Com (2002). The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between board mechanisms (audit committee size, audit committee composition, board size, and board composition) and firm performance (ROA) based on the annual reports of listed companies in the year 2011 of sample of non-financial firms in the Saudi Market (Tadawul). For the purpose of this study, data was collected from a sample of 102 non-financial listed companies. Furthermore, an analysis of regression analysis is utilized to examine the relationship between board characteristics and firm performance. The results of this study reveal that audit committee size, audit committee composition and board size have no effect on firm performance in the selected sample while board composition has a significant negative relationship with firm performance.
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title	Board Characterstics and Firm Performance: Case of Saudi Arabia
title_short	Board Characterstics and Firm Performance: Case of Saudi Arabia
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spelling	my-uum-etd.31932016-04-19T04:30:00Z Board Characterstics and Firm Performance: Case of Saudi Arabia 2012-06 Ghabayen, Mohammad Ahid Mohammad Abdul Manaf, Kamarul Bahrain Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HD2709-2930.7 Corporations Corporate governance (CG) has received much attention in the current studies all over the world especially after many corporate scandals and the failures of some biggest firms around the world such as Commerce Bank (1991) Enron (2001), Adelphia (2002), and World Com (2002). The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between board mechanisms (audit committee size, audit committee composition, board size, and board composition) and firm performance (ROA) based on the annual reports of listed companies in the year 2011 of sample of non-financial firms in the Saudi Market (Tadawul). For the purpose of this study, data was collected from a sample of 102 non-financial listed companies. Furthermore, an analysis of regression analysis is utilized to examine the relationship between board characteristics and firm performance. The results of this study reveal that audit committee size, audit committee composition and board size have no effect on firm performance in the selected sample while board composition has a significant negative relationship with firm performance. 2012-06 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/3193/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/3193/1/MOHAMMAD_AHID_MOHAMMAD_GHABAYEN.pdf text eng validuser https://etd.uum.edu.my/3193/4/MOHAMMAD_AHID_MOHAMMAD_GHABAYEN.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Abbott,L.J., Parker,S. & Peters,G.F. (2004),Audit committee characteristics and restatements. Auditing: A Journal of Practice & Theory, 23,69-87. Abdur Rouf,Md. 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