Title: Governance change and its impact on board decision-making

Authors: Jong Seop Shin; Soo Wook Kim; Hyun Jung Kim

Addresses: Korea Expressway Corporation, 293-1 Geumto-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. ' College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea. ' College of Business Administration, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-gu, Seoul, South Korea

Abstract: This study analysed how a new Korean Government regulation influenced the public enterprise board's structures, processes, and decision-making. Furthermore, this research examines factors influencing board's decision-making. To undertake these board studies, meeting minutes which had been recorded in stenographic form were used. The analyses demonstrated that the number of directors increased after enacting the regulation, especially the percentage of outside directors, as did the annual number of board meetings. However, board meeting attendance rate and the number of decisions with amendment did not change. The number of agenda items, both reporting and decision-making types increased.

Keywords: corporate governance; governance change; board of directors; public enterprises; government regulation; outside directors; board decision making; Korea; board meetings; attendance rate; agenda items.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCG.2012.045282

International Journal of Corporate Governance, 2012 Vol.3 No.1, pp.60 - 83

Published online: 10 Apr 2015 *

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