Service tasks of board of directors: A literature review and research agenda in an era of new governance practices

Carl Åberg, Max Bankewitz and Mirjam Knockaert

European Management Journal, 2019, vol. 37, issue 5, 648-663

Abstract: In their seminal review article on board of directors, Johnson, Daily, and Ellstrand (1996) distinguished between the control, service, and resource dependence tasks of the board and called for a stronger focus on board service tasks. Following this call, service tasks of boards have been subject to increased scholarly attention, with new theoretical perspectives and methods introduced. This paper aims at presenting the current state of research on board service tasks, departing from, and building on, the contribution of Johnson and colleagues. In doing so, we employ an Input-Process-Output-Context framework and craft an agenda for how future research could accommodate new governance practices and progress the field. Our review is relevant and timely as studies on the subject are gaining traction both in corporate governance and general management journals. Furthermore, our review on board service tasks proposes new alternative approaches to studying corporate governance which are especially appropriate in times in which a rethink of corporate governance frameworks and concepts is urgently needed.

Keywords: Corporate governance; Boards; Service tasks; Review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2019.04.006

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