TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Mediating Role of Quality Decision Process and the Moderating Role of
Board Professional Knowledge and Experience on the Relationship between
Board Mechanisms and Performance of Listed Firms in Nigeria
AU - Nuhu, Mohammed AU - Bin Ahmad, Sa`ari 
JO  - International Business Management
VL  - 11
IS  - 6
SP  - 1263
EP  - 1277
PY  - 2017
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1993-5250
DO  - ibm.2017.1263.1277
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=ibm.2017.1263.1277
KW  - Corporate governance
KW  -board of director
KW  -board size
KW  -firm performance
KW  -professional knowledge
KW  -experience
KW  -decision making
AB  - This study examines the mediating role of the quality decision-making process and board professional
knowledge and experience on the relationship between board size and performance of listed firms in Nigeria.
To achieve the study objective, reviews of some prior empirical research on corporate governance, performance
and the theories were examined. The recent studies reveal that inconsistency findings were found in the
previous studies on the characteristics of corporate governance literature. Therefore, the need to measure the
link between the board size and performance will for a long time continue to remain an interesting study area.
This study, therefore, recommends that the researchers should try and avoid the mistake and problems of the
prior studies by over-reliance on the direct relationship between board size and firm performance. The study
also recommended the use of board professional knowledge and experience as a moderator to determine the
link between the board size and firm performance and to avoid the use of only one single theory between
corporate governance characteristics and performance measurement. The use of more procedure based
methodology that recognises the causal effect of the relationship between corporate governance and
performance would be of wonderful advantage in this vital field of corporate governance research.
ER  -