NUMBER OF DIRECTORS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: A META-ANALYSIS.

D. R. Dalton; Catherine M. Daily; Jean L. Johnson; Alan E. Ellstrand

doi:10.2307/256988

Abstract

Although a host of theory-driven rationales suggest a relationship between board of directors size and firm performance, the literature provides no consensus about the direction of that relationship. A meta-analysis of 131 samples (N = 20,620) provided systematic evidence of nonzero, positive, true population estimates of board size-performance relationships.

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Year: 1999
Type: article
Volume: 42
Issue: 6
Pages: 674-686
Citations: 1730
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                                    D. R. Dalton, 
                                
                                    Catherine M. Daily, 
                                
                                    Jean L. Johnson
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (1999). 
                            NUMBER OF DIRECTORS AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE: A META-ANALYSIS.. 
                            Academy of Management Journal
                            , 42
                            (6)
                            , 674-686.
                            https://doi.org/10.2307/256988
                        

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DOI: 10.2307/256988