استقلالية مجلس إدارة المصارف الإسلامية الخليجية و علاقتها بالأداء

Abstract EN

This study aimed at investigating the relationship between the independence of the board of the directors of GCC Islamic banks and its performance.

To achieve that the researchers collect financial data from 29 listed Islamic banks.

To analyze the data several statistical tools were used.

The results show that there is an acceptable level of board of directors’ independence and it’s negatively affect Islamic banks performance because of asymmetry of information between the independent and non-independent directors.

Finally the researchers recommend that the independent directors should be nominated according to their experiences rather than their relationships with internals