The effect of board of directors attributes on corporate risk-taking: before and during COVID-19

Al Nabhani, RSH, Mohammadi, SS, Madbouly, A and Dalwai, T ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5754-5384, 2024. The effect of board of directors attributes on corporate risk-taking: before and during COVID-19. Procedia Computer Science, 239, pp. 2270-2277. ISSN 1877-0509

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Abstract

This study investigates the effect of the board of directors’ attributes on the corporate risk-taking of listed financial firms in Oman. A total of seven board attributes such as board ownership, shareholder ownership, CEO duality, board structure, audit committee independence, audit committee and board gender diversity are assimilated into an index for this study. The sample consists of 168 firm-year observations for financial firms listed on the Muscat Stock Exchange for the period 2016 to 2021. Before COVID, the board had no significant impact on corporate risk-taking. However, during COVID, a strong board took low risks indicating the appropriate assessment of the pandemic and cautiously steering the company activities. The result has important practical implications indicating that board attributes are crucial for crisis periods as they can help in navigating the company’s decision-making.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Procedia Computer Science
Creators:	Al Nabhani, R.S.H., Mohammadi, S.S., Madbouly, A. and Dalwai, T.
Publisher:	Elsevier BV
Date:	2024
Volume:	239
ISSN:	1877-0509
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1016/j.procs.2024.06.418 DOI S1877050924016624 Publisher Item Identifier 2183868 Other
Rights:	© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0).
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School
Record created by:	Melissa Cornwell
Date Added:	02 Aug 2024 09:57
Last Modified:	02 Aug 2024 09:57
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/51876

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