The impact of the board characteristics as one of the corporate governance attributes on dividends policy : evidence from Jordanian commercial banks
Source
Jerash : for Research and Studies
Issue
Vol. 17, Issue 2 (s) (31 Dec. 2016), pp.708-727, 20 p.
Publisher
Jerash University the Deanship of Scientific Research and Postgraduate Studies
Publication Date
2016-12-31
Country of Publication
Jordan
No. of Pages
20
Main Subjects
Economy and Commerce
Financial and Accounting Sciences
Abstract EN
Using a Jordanian commercial banks for the period of 2007-2013.
the current paper examines the impact of board characteristics, including the (board size, independency, separation and managerial ownership) on banks' dividends policy; an OLS regression analysis is used to analyze this relationship.
two major finding have emerged from the current investigation.
first, the board size and separation have a statistically significant impact on banks dividends policy.
second, managerial ownership and the independency of the board had no significant impact on dividends policy.
the current paper provides some insights for the extant literature in this field and conveys some policy implication for parties of interest.
in addition the study provides investigation for the association between cg and dividends policy post the introduction of cg code in Jordan in 2007.so this study suggest make further research in a cross-country comparative analysis in order to examine the impact of cg on dividends policy in a developing country context.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Kurdi, Amnah. 2016. The impact of the board characteristics as one of the corporate governance attributes on dividends policy : evidence from Jordanian commercial banks. Jerash : for Research and Studies،Vol. 17, no. 2 (s), pp.708-727.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1367099
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Kurdi, Amnah. The impact of the board characteristics as one of the corporate governance attributes on dividends policy : evidence from Jordanian commercial banks. Jerash : for Research and Studies Vol. 17, no. 2 (عدد خاص) (2016), pp.708-727.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1367099
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Kurdi, Amnah. The impact of the board characteristics as one of the corporate governance attributes on dividends policy : evidence from Jordanian commercial banks. Jerash : for Research and Studies. 2016. Vol. 17, no. 2 (s), pp.708-727.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1367099
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 722-727.
Record ID
BIM-1367099