 Shifting attention from 'board anatomy' to 'board physiology' to understand the roles of directors: evidence from UK companiesIoannis Gkliatis and Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics, 2024, vol. 18, issue 3, 313-332 Abstract: The study seeks to delineate the roles of board directors under agency and resource dependence perspectives. The literature review conducted suggests further research in clarifying the directors' roles. The results of the principal component analysis from 115 surveyed board directors in the UK suggest that while the dominant roles used in the literature are still supported, they do not capture the whole picture of directors' roles. The study advocates that future research on directors' roles should consider additional tasks and also that researchers should account these roles as a continuum, rather than independent to each other. A new set of six roles is offered, highlighting some undervalued roles. Policymakers may benefit from this study by paying further attention to the important functional aspects of the board, as current focus is mainly on the structural elements. Also, strong recommendation is made to shift attention from board characteristics (anatomy) to board functions (physiology). Keywords: corporate governance; board roles; agency theory; resource dependence theory; RDT; UK. (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ids:ijbget:v:18:y:2024:i:3:p:313-332 Access Statistics for this article More articles in International Journal of Business Governance and Ethics from Inderscience Enterprises Ltd |
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