Corporate governance and elites

Franklin Nakpodia, Emmanuel Adegbite

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    Abstract

    Using a qualitative methodology (interviews), we examine the relationship between the effectiveness of corporate governance mechanisms and elitist interventions. In doing this, we identify three elitist groups – political, cultural and religious, and investigate how they shape the legitimacy and effectiveness (or otherwise) of the institutional drivers of corporate governance in Nigeria. We caution the widely-held notion in the literature which suggests that institutions act as a check on the behaviour of elites and influence how elites compete and emerge. Alternatively, we argue that elites, in the presence of institutional voids, can invent, circumvent and corrupt institutions.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)17-31
    JournalAccounting Forum
    Volume42
    Issue number1
    Early online date20 Nov 2017
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2018

    Keywords

    • Corporate governance
    • elites
    • institutions
    • Institutional theory
    • Institutional voids
    • corruption

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