Corporate Governance & Disclosure

This research group is focused on corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. Currently, listed firms face problems that can be resolved by adopting corporate governance principles Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance. Their effect on firm performance and earning management remains an important empirical and theoretical study area in the corporate study. Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility have got attention and developed as an important mechanism over the last decades. The fast growth of privatizations, the recent global financial crises, and financial institutions' development has reinforced corporate governance practices. Well-managed corporate governance mechanisms play an important role in improving corporate performance by adopting its principles and contributing to society. Good corporate governance is fundamental for a firm in different ways; it improves company image, increases shareholders’ confidence, and reduces the risk of fraudulent activities. It is put together on several consistent mechanisms; internal control systems and external environments contribute to the business corporations’ increase successfully to bring about good corporate governance that promotes corporate social responsibility. The basic rationale of corporate governance is to increase the performance of firms by structuring and sustaining initiatives that motivate corporate insiders to maximize the firm’s operational and market efficiency and long-term firm growth by limiting insiders’ power that can abuse corporate resources.

Research Plan 2021-2022

Active UBT Researchers

International Collaborating Researchers

Current Research Projects

  • A Dynamic Study of Governance Mechanisms and Corporate Performance Moderated by Audit Quality: Evidence from Saudi Arabia
  • Board governance, Gender Diversity, and Corporate Performance in Islamic and Conventional Banking Industry.
  • A Dynamic analysis of Women on Board, Governance Structure and their Spillover Effect on Corporate Performance
  • Relationship between Governance mechanisms and capital structure, moderated by gender diversity
  • Validating Mclean and Deleon Model Through Mediating Role of Transformational Leadership Attributes in The Higher Education Sector
  • Investigating The Relationship Between Job Insecurity and Outcome Through Moderated Mediation Analysis
  • Corporate governance and firm performance: A comparative analysis between Malaysia, Singapore, and India
  • Corporate Social responsibility, female directorship, and Earnings Management: Evidence from Emerging Economy

Research Publications

  • Khan, M.T., Al‐Jabri, Q.M. and Saif, N., 2021. Dynamic relationship between corporate board structure and firm performance: Evidence from Malaysia. International Journal of Finance & Economics, 26(1), pp.644-661.
  • Siddiqui, T. A., Khan, M. F., Naushad, M., & Syed, A. M. (2022). Cross-Market Correlations and Financial Contagion from Developed to Emerging Economies: A Case of COVID-19 Pandemic. Economies, 10(6), 147.

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