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Remains on the board: outside directors’ behaviour and their survival chance in Korean firms
Asia Pacific Business Review ( IF 2.0 ) Pub Date : 2021-07-27 , DOI: 10.1080/13602381.2021.1956814
Taeyoung Yoo 1 , Yunsung Koh 1
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ABSTRACT

Korean firms, often represented by a business group or chaebol, have adopted and increased outside directors owing to the government’s initiative for corporate governance reform. However, their monitoring role has been criticized as rubber-stamping. This study extends the literature, which explains outside directors’ ineffectiveness in terms of their focus on advising roles over monitoring ones, by pitting these directors’ behaviours against their roles. It argues that their behavioural characteristics, i.e. proactive versus conformist, affect their chance of survival on the board and subsequently influence firm performance. Analysing both survey and accounting data on 157 outside directors in Korean listed firms, this study finds that outside directors have a lower survival chance when they proactively perform their roles regardless of whether this involves monitoring or advising. However, when they survive, their proactive behaviour increases Tobin’s q. This study further investigates how to improve the lower survival chance for proactive outside directors, and sheds light on the moderating roles of power such as foreign ownership (for firms with higher growth opportunities) and outside directors’ valuable knowledge and experience such as elite MBA degrees (for firms with lower growth opportunity). This study discusses the theoretical and practical implications for outside directors’ behaviour and firm performance as a result of corporate governance reform in Korean firms.



中文翻译:

留在董事会:外部董事的行为及其在韩国公司的生存机会

摘要

由于政府的公司治理改革倡议,通常由商业集团或财阀代表的韩国公司已经采用并增加了外部董事。然而,他们的监督作用被批评为橡皮图章。本研究扩展了文献,通过将这些董事的行为与他们的角色进行对比,从而解释了外部董事在专注于提供建议而不是监督角色方面的效率低下。它认为,他们的行为特征,即主动与顺从,会影响他们在董事会中的生存机会,进而影响公司绩效。对韩国上市公司 157 名外部董事的调查和会计数据进行分析,本研究发现,无论是否涉及监督或建议,外部董事主动履行职责时,其生存机会较低。然而,当他们幸存下来时,他们的主动行为会增加托宾的 q。本研究进一步探讨如何提高积极主动的外部董事较低的生存机会,并阐明外资所有权(对于增长机会较高的公司)和外部董事的宝贵知识和经验(如精英 MBA 学位)的调节作用(对于增长机会较低的公司)。本研究讨论了韩国公司公司治理改革对外部董事行为和公司绩效的理论和实践意义。他们的主动行为增加了托宾的 q。本研究进一步探讨如何提高积极主动的外部董事较低的生存机会,并阐明外资所有权(对于增长机会较高的公司)和外部董事的宝贵知识和经验(如精英 MBA 学位)的调节作用(对于增长机会较低的公司)。本研究讨论了韩国公司公司治理改革对外部董事行为和公司绩效的理论和实践意义。他们的主动行为增加了托宾的 q。本研究进一步探讨如何提高积极主动的外部董事较低的生存机会,并阐明外资所有权(对于增长机会较高的公司)和外部董事的宝贵知识和经验(如精英 MBA 学位)的调节作用(对于增长机会较低的公司)。本研究讨论了韩国公司公司治理改革对外部董事行为和公司绩效的理论和实践意义。并阐明了权力的调节作用,例如外资所有权(对于增长机会较高的公司)和外部董事的宝贵知识和经验,例如精英 MBA 学位(对于增长机会较低的公司)。本研究讨论了韩国公司公司治理改革对外部董事行为和公司绩效的理论和实践意义。并阐明了权力的调节作用,例如外资所有权(对于增长机会较高的公司)和外部董事的宝贵知识和经验,例如精英 MBA 学位(对于增长机会较低的公司)。本研究讨论了韩国公司公司治理改革对外部董事行为和公司绩效的理论和实践意义。

更新日期:2021-07-27
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