The Impact of Corporate Governance on Non Financial Performance in Jordanian Commercial Banks and Islamic Banks

Suleiman Hussein Al-Beshtawi, Omar Mohammed Zraqat and Hamdan Moh¡¯D Al ¨CHiyasat

International Journal of Financial Research, 2014, vol. 5, issue 3, 54-67

Abstract: This research was conducted in order to indicate the role of corporate governance in the commercial banks and Islamic banks in Jordan and its impact on financial and non-financial performance because of its positive effects on the improvement and development in the process of managerial decision-making through various development and modernization in the processes and stages of internal activities of banks and raise the level of performance. The study sample included the society represented by all commercial banks and Islamic Jordan totalling (16Jordanian Banks).Where the study aimed to executive management, sections and departments on the Application of Corporate Governance in those banks as well as financial and accounting departments where. The study found that commercial banks and Islamic banks in Jordan apply corporate governance through identified for its principles and its components and steps and provided specialized committees would activate the application of corporate governance. And recommended the need for greater attention to the competent authorities to monitor financial and non-financial performance of the departments of Jordanian banks and increase the provisions of the law and the necessary legislation imposed by the government and the competent application of corporate governance.

Keywords: corporate governance; non financial performance; Jordan (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (10)

Downloads: (external link)
http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/ijfr/article/view/4943/2999 (application/pdf)
http://www.sciedu.ca/journal/index.php/ijfr/article/view/4943 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:jfr:ijfr11:v:5:y:2014:i:3:p:54-67

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Financial Research is currently edited by Gina Perry

More articles in International Journal of Financial Research from International Journal of Financial Research, Sciedu Press
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Gina Perry ().