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: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2015
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author Abdullah, Shamsul Nahar
Zainal Abidin , Nor Hafizah
Abu Bakar, Intan Suryani
Ur Rahman, Anis
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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.
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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 Proceeding Paper 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
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
title 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_short Exploring the motives of appointing independent directors
title_sort exploring the motives of appointing independent directors
topic HF5601 Accounting. Bookkeeping
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/47509/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47509/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/47509/1/47509.pdf