Haj Youssef, M and Teng, D (2021) Managerial discretion and corporate governance: The bonded relationship. Corporate Ownership and Control, 18 (3). pp. 75-85. ISSN 1727-9232

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Abstract

Our study aims to demonstrate the importance of managerial discretion to corporate governance research and deepen our understanding of managerial discretion. Adopting theoretical frameworks and definitions from 93 conceptual and empirical studies on managerial discretion and corporate governance, we argue that extant studies have presented explicit empirical and theoretical definitions of managerial discretion; and have proved the validity, reliability, and replicability of the concept. We argue that corporate governance scholarship cannot move forward without managerial discretion as it provides shareholders and board of directors’ essential guidance on how much freedom in decision-making is to be granted to top managers by deeming the different dimensions of the internal and external environment into consideration. We reinstate our original argument that corporate governance research is not better off without managerial discretion. We also provide a new vantage for corporate governance and managerial discretion scholars to distinguishing between the latitude of actions and latitude of objectives.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1501 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability, 1502 Banking, Finance and Investment, 1503 Business and Management
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HF Commerce > HF5001 Business H Social Sciences > HG Finance
Divisions:	Business & Management (from Sep 19)
Publisher:	Virtus Interpress
Date Deposited:	13 Jul 2021 08:55
Last Modified:	04 Sep 2021 05:14
DOI or ID number:	10.22495/cocv18i3art7
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/15282

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