Determinants of corporate governance quality in Algerian small and medium sized enterprises : case of joint stock companies in the west region of Algeria

Abstract EN

This study aims to shed light on corporate governance in the Algerian small and medium sized enterprises where the main intention is to identify and make the point over the determinants of corporate governance quality on the Algerian SMEs, The study took place in 20 joint-stock enterprises in the west region of Algeria, the empirical study was about a questionnaire in which we tried to recognise the fact of corporate governance of these stated companies and to pull out the different determinants of corporate governance quality.

However, our reached results were that the corporate governance practices is a bit enabled as it should be, and the determinants of corporate governance quality are: external regulations and monitoring, ownership structure and the role of partners, transparency and disclosure and the good relation between owners and the different stakeholders.