Corporate governance and elites

Using a qualitative methodology (interviews), we examine the relationship between the effectiveness of corporate governance mechanisms and elitist interventions. In doing this, we identify three elitist groups – political, cultural and religious, and investigate how they shape the legitimacy and eff...

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Main Authors: Nakpodia, Franklin, Adegbite, Emmanuel
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55027/
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description Using a qualitative methodology (interviews), we examine the relationship between the effectiveness of corporate governance mechanisms and elitist interventions. In doing this, we identify three elitist groups – political, cultural and religious, and investigate how they shape the legitimacy and effectiveness (or otherwise) of the institutional drivers of corporate governance in Nigeria. We caution the widely-held notion in the literature which suggests that institutions act as a check on the behaviour of elites and influence how elites compete and emerge. Alternatively, we argue that elites, in the presence of institutional voids, can invent, circumvent and corrupt institutions.
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spelling nottingham-550272019-05-20T04:30:18Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55027/ Corporate governance and elites Nakpodia, Franklin Adegbite, Emmanuel Using a qualitative methodology (interviews), we examine the relationship between the effectiveness of corporate governance mechanisms and elitist interventions. In doing this, we identify three elitist groups – political, cultural and religious, and investigate how they shape the legitimacy and effectiveness (or otherwise) of the institutional drivers of corporate governance in Nigeria. We caution the widely-held notion in the literature which suggests that institutions act as a check on the behaviour of elites and influence how elites compete and emerge. Alternatively, we argue that elites, in the presence of institutional voids, can invent, circumvent and corrupt institutions. Elsevier 2018-03-30 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/55027/1/corporate%20governance%20and%20elites.pdf Nakpodia, Franklin and Adegbite, Emmanuel (2018) Corporate governance and elites. Accounting Forum, 42 (1). pp. 17-31. ISSN 0155-9982 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0155998217300881 doi:10.1016/j.accfor.2017.11.002 doi:10.1016/j.accfor.2017.11.002
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Adegbite, Emmanuel
Corporate governance and elites
title Corporate governance and elites
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title_fullStr Corporate governance and elites
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title_short Corporate governance and elites
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