Remarkably little is known about the boards of directors of New Zealand companies. The most recent research in this area was conducted by Turner (1985) who examined CEO duality among listed companies for 1984, and Chandler ...

Boards of directors are believed to influence corporate performance. Such influence may be direct, e.g., through boards monitoring management, or indirect; through the actions of a Chief Executive Officer selected by the ...

This study has two objectives. The first objective is to address the issue of management versus owner control of New Zealand public listed companies. Specifically the focus is on the extent to which shareholders in New ...