Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors

The aim of this study is to examine the views of chairman and members of nomination committee on motives in appointing an independent director in Malaysian public listed companies. Semi-structured interview was used and 21 directors were interviewed. The results indicate that independent directors w...

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Main Authors:	Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar, Zainal Abidin , Nor Hafizah, Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani, Ur Rahman, Anis
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2015
Subjects:	HF5601 Accounting. Bookkeeping
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/47509/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47509/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/47509/1/47509.pdf

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spelling	iium-475092016-03-21T03:50:38Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/47509/ Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar Zainal Abidin , Nor Hafizah Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani Ur Rahman, Anis HF5601 Accounting. Bookkeeping The aim of this study is to examine the views of chairman and members of nomination committee on motives in appointing an independent director in Malaysian public listed companies. Semi-structured interview was used and 21 directors were interviewed. The results indicate that independent directors were expected to execute their monitoring role, exercise unbiased judgment in questioning decisions made and safeguard balance of power between the board and management. In addition, the respondents believe that independent director should utilize their capacity from related background, expertise and experience in board meeting discussion in addressing issues or risks and making relevant suggestions. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/47509/1/47509.pdf Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar and Zainal Abidin , Nor Hafizah and Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani and Ur Rahman, Anis (2015) Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors. In: 3rd Global Conference on Business and Social Sciences on “Contemporary Issues in Management & Social Science Research” (CIMSSR 2015), 16th-17th Dec. 2015, Nexus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur . http://www.gcbss.org/pdf_files/Final%20Proceeding%203rd%20GCBSS.pdf
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spellingShingle	HF5601 Accounting. Bookkeeping Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar Zainal Abidin , Nor Hafizah Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani Ur Rahman, Anis Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors
description	The aim of this study is to examine the views of chairman and members of nomination committee on motives in appointing an independent director in Malaysian public listed companies. Semi-structured interview was used and 21 directors were interviewed. The results indicate that independent directors were expected to execute their monitoring role, exercise unbiased judgment in questioning decisions made and safeguard balance of power between the board and management. In addition, the respondents believe that independent director should utilize their capacity from related background, expertise and experience in board meeting discussion in addressing issues or risks and making relevant suggestions.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar Zainal Abidin , Nor Hafizah Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani Ur Rahman, Anis
author_facet	Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar Zainal Abidin , Nor Hafizah Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani Ur Rahman, Anis
author_sort	Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar
title	Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors
title_short	Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors
title_full	Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors
title_fullStr	Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors
title_full_unstemmed	Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors
title_sort	exploring the motives of appointing independent directors
publishDate	2015
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