Relationship between the Board Size and Financial Performance: Literature Review

• Main Authors: Mesut DOĞAN, Yusuf TOPAL
• Format: Article
• Language: Turkish
• Published: Usak University 2015-01-01
• Series: Optimum Ekonomi ve Yönetim Bilimleri Dergisi
• Subjects: Board Size; Financial Performance; Literature Review
• Online Access: http://dergipark.gov.tr/download/article-file/202175

The Cadbury Report (1992), a pioneer in outlining the financial aspects of corporate governance, was the first to put the spotlight on corporate boards of directors. Around the same time, academic work started to gain impetus with the Hermalin and Weisbach (1991) study. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the number of members of the board of directors with accounting and market-based performance indicators empirical research in the national and international literature. For this purpose, all studies conducted in the early 1990s up to the present day are classified examined in a systematic way. A significant part of the board of directors of the studies indicated a negative relationship between financial performance.