Corporate governance and the financial performance of locally listed companies on the Namibia stock exchange.

dc.contributor.authorMasunda, Corlen
dc.date.accessioned2013-10-09T15:12:56Z
dc.date.available2013-10-09T15:12:56Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.descriptionThesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master in Leadership and Change Management in the Harold Pupkewitz Graduate School of Business at the NUSTen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the relationship between Corporate Governance and Financial Performance of locally listed companies. The study was prompted by Institutional turbulences as a result of ad hoc policy and decision making processes and poor financial performance of locally listed companies. The study aimed at establishing the relationship between corporate governance, Board roles, contingency, board effectiveness and financial Performance of locally listed companies. A cross sectional and correlation study was conducted in the six locally listed companies. Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) was used and Spearman Correlation Coefficient and Multiple Regression Analysis to determine the magnitude of the relationship and prediction of financial performance respectively were applied. The findings revealed that corporate governance variables namely; board size, had a negative effect on financial performance while policy and decision making had a significant positive relationship with financial performance. Corporate Governance had a significant positive relationship with board roles, board roles had a significant positive relationship with board effectiveness, and contingency had a significant positive relationship with board roles and effectiveness.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipSupervisor: Ms. Lydiah Wambuien_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10628/418
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectCorporate governance - Namibiaen_US
dc.subjectCompany financial performance - Namibiaen_US
dc.subjectNamibia Stock Exchangeen_US
dc.subjectNSEen_US
dc.subjectFinancial performance - Companies - Namibiaen_US
dc.subjectMaster's theses - Namibiaen_US
dc.subjectNUST - Master's theses, 2013
dc.titleCorporate governance and the financial performance of locally listed companies on the Namibia stock exchange.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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