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Multiple directorships in emerging countries: Fiduciary duties at stake?

Bilal Latif et al.

Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility2020https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12275article
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Abstract

This study investigates the effect of multiple directorships on firm performance, using a database of non‐financial firms listed on the Pakistan stock exchange. Prior literature provides inconsistent evidence on the relationship between multiple directorships and firm performance in an emerging country context, which may be the result of overlooking both the large differences in institutional environments among emerging countries and the dynamic endogenous relationships between board variables and firm performance. We aim to contribute to this academic debate by focusing on directorship appointments to multiple boards in a weak institutional context. Corporate governance practices, such as boards with outside directors exercising their fiduciary duties, are crucial for effective governance in weak institutional environments. However, serving in multiple directorships is expected to compromise the execution of director duties. Using a dynamic system Generalized Method of Moments model, our findings show, indeed, a negative effect of multiple directorships on firm performance in a weak institutional environment. Building on the premise that corporate governance is conditional in nature, we also tested the moderating influence of firm size on this relationship, but we did not find supporting evidence in a dynamic model setting. Our results have important practical implications for policy makers as well as firms.

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@article{bilal2020,
  title        = {{Multiple directorships in emerging countries: Fiduciary duties at stake?}},
  author       = {Bilal Latif et al.},
  journal      = {Business Ethics, the Environment & Responsibility},
  year         = {2020},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12275},
}

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