Authors : Mohammed Nuhu and Sa`ari Bin Ahmad
Abstract: This study examines the mediating role of the quality decision-making process and board professional knowledge and experience on the relationship between board size and performance of listed firms in Nigeria. To achieve the study objective, reviews of some prior empirical research on corporate governance, performance and the theories were examined. The recent studies reveal that inconsistency findings were found in the previous studies on the characteristics of corporate governance literature. Therefore, the need to measure the link between the board size and performance will for a long time continue to remain an interesting study area. This study, therefore, recommends that the researchers should try and avoid the mistake and problems of the prior studies by over-reliance on the direct relationship between board size and firm performance. The study also recommended the use of board professional knowledge and experience as a moderator to determine the link between the board size and firm performance and to avoid the use of only one single theory between corporate governance characteristics and performance measurement. The use of more procedure based methodology that recognises the causal effect of the relationship between corporate governance and performance would be of wonderful advantage in this vital field of corporate governance research.
Mohammed Nuhu and Sa`ari Bin Ahmad, 2017. The Mediating Role of Quality Decision Process and the Moderating Role of Board Professional Knowledge and Experience on the Relationship between Board Mechanisms and Performance of Listed Firms in Nigeria. International Business Management, 11: 1263-1277.