Corporate governance, sustainability initiatives and firm performance: theoretical and conceptual perspectives

The objective of this paper is to generate a discuss as to the degree to which corporate governance and sustainability initiatives are predictor variables for firm performance, with the premise that firms have to be deliberately placed for them to harness the prospects available in their immediate e...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel, Tze, San Ong, Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur, Odukoya, Olusoji Olumide, Alam, Md Kausar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AESS Publications 2019
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81038/1/CORPORATE.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81038/
https://ideas.repec.org/a/asi/ijoass/2019p35-47.html
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.upm.eprints.81038
record_format eprints
spelling my.upm.eprints.810382020-11-06T19:11:05Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81038/ Corporate governance, sustainability initiatives and firm performance: theoretical and conceptual perspectives Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel Tze, San Ong Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur Odukoya, Olusoji Olumide Alam, Md Kausar The objective of this paper is to generate a discuss as to the degree to which corporate governance and sustainability initiatives are predictor variables for firm performance, with the premise that firms have to be deliberately placed for them to harness the prospects available in their immediate environments. In relation to this study, the stakeholders, agency and institutional theories form the bedrock for the underpinning theories used for formulating the research framework with respect to the relationships among firm performance, corporate governance and sustainability initiatives respectfully. Less research efforts are involved in this area of study in the less developed nations, particularly with respect to the impacts of corporate governance on the environmental and social initiatives as well the financial and non-financial corporate performances of firms. Therefore, scholars and practitioners are encouraged to advance the body of knowledge in this study area for the global enhancement of productivity, as the review has conceptualised the integration of corporate governance and sustainability initiatives as strategic tools for enhancing firm performances locally and internationally. AESS Publications 2019 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81038/1/CORPORATE.pdf Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel and Tze, San Ong and Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur and Odukoya, Olusoji Olumide and Alam, Md Kausar (2019) Corporate governance, sustainability initiatives and firm performance: theoretical and conceptual perspectives. International Journal of Asian Social Science, 9 (1). pp. 35-47. ISSN 2226-5139; ESSN: 2224-4441 https://ideas.repec.org/a/asi/ijoass/2019p35-47.html 10.18488/journal.1.2019.91.35.47
institution Universiti Putra Malaysia
building UPM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Putra Malaysia
content_source UPM Institutional Repository
url_provider http://psasir.upm.edu.my/
language English
description The objective of this paper is to generate a discuss as to the degree to which corporate governance and sustainability initiatives are predictor variables for firm performance, with the premise that firms have to be deliberately placed for them to harness the prospects available in their immediate environments. In relation to this study, the stakeholders, agency and institutional theories form the bedrock for the underpinning theories used for formulating the research framework with respect to the relationships among firm performance, corporate governance and sustainability initiatives respectfully. Less research efforts are involved in this area of study in the less developed nations, particularly with respect to the impacts of corporate governance on the environmental and social initiatives as well the financial and non-financial corporate performances of firms. Therefore, scholars and practitioners are encouraged to advance the body of knowledge in this study area for the global enhancement of productivity, as the review has conceptualised the integration of corporate governance and sustainability initiatives as strategic tools for enhancing firm performances locally and internationally.
format Article
author Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel
Tze, San Ong
Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur
Odukoya, Olusoji Olumide
Alam, Md Kausar
spellingShingle Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel
Tze, San Ong
Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur
Odukoya, Olusoji Olumide
Alam, Md Kausar
Corporate governance, sustainability initiatives and firm performance: theoretical and conceptual perspectives
author_facet Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel
Tze, San Ong
Rahman, Mohammad Mizanur
Odukoya, Olusoji Olumide
Alam, Md Kausar
author_sort Adedeji, Babatunji Samuel
title Corporate governance, sustainability initiatives and firm performance: theoretical and conceptual perspectives
title_short Corporate governance, sustainability initiatives and firm performance: theoretical and conceptual perspectives
title_full Corporate governance, sustainability initiatives and firm performance: theoretical and conceptual perspectives
title_fullStr Corporate governance, sustainability initiatives and firm performance: theoretical and conceptual perspectives
title_full_unstemmed Corporate governance, sustainability initiatives and firm performance: theoretical and conceptual perspectives
title_sort corporate governance, sustainability initiatives and firm performance: theoretical and conceptual perspectives
publisher AESS Publications
publishDate 2019
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81038/1/CORPORATE.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/81038/
https://ideas.repec.org/a/asi/ijoass/2019p35-47.html
_version_ 1683232245022720000
score 13.211869