EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE OF CORPORATE GOVERNANCE DISCLOSURE AND BOARD SIZE MODULAR WITH FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE IN SELECT IT COMPANIES IN INDIA

Saurabh Kumar; Twinkle Prusty

Saurabh Kumar Research Scholar, Faculty of Commerce, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)
Twinkle Prusty Associate Professor, Faculty of Commerce, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh)

Keywords: Board of Directors, Financial Performance, Corporate Governance Disclosure, Board Size, Returns

Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship and impacts of board size and corporate governance disclosure of selected listed Indian IT companies on its financial performance using data for five companies over a single period of 2014 to 2015. Using structure equation modelling, the study demonstrates the extent to which board size and disclosure helps explain the financial performance of the selected companies. The main findings show that there’s a significant relationship between independent variable i.e. board size and disclosure and dependent variable i.e. return on assets and capital employed. Thus board size is having inverse relationship with the returns whereas corporate governance disclosure is having positive relationship with the returns. Hence, the more the board size
it will negatively affect the returns and more the corporate governance disclosure will lead to increase in returns. At backdrop this paper has also witnessed that different companies are having their own different attitude and approach regarding the disclosure of their corporate governance practice.