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A rejoinder on managerial discretion: Andersen (2017) vs Haj Youssef and Teng (2019)
Örebro University, Örebro University School of Business.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2156-680X
2020 (English)In: Corporate Governance : The International Journal of Effective Board Performance, ISSN 1472-0701, E-ISSN 1758-6054, Vol. 20, no 2, p. 193-200Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Purpose: This paper aims to demonstrate the efforts of Hay Youssef and Tang (2019) to reaffirm the importance of managerial discretion is unsuccessful.

Design/methodology/approach: Theoretical frameworks from traditional and recent literature on the concept of managerial discretion are related to corporate governance scholarship.

Findings: There are in fact no studies on managerial discretion based on explicit theoretical and empirical definitions and thus no studies published which have measured the degrees of managers’ discretion. The conclusion is that the inability to define the notion of managerial discretion is tantamount to the inability to research it.

Practical implications: Research on managerial discretion does not provide any advice to owners and directors of boards on granting top executives a high or a low degree of discretion.

Originality/value: This paper reaffirms the conclusion ofAndersen (2017) that corporate governance scholarship will improve if it abandons the concept of managerial discretion.

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2020. Vol. 20, no 2, p. 193-200
Keywords [en]
Managerial discretion, Measurement, Corporate governance, Definitions, Usefulness
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-78902DOI: 10.1108/CG-09-2019-0276ISI: 000515159200001OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-78902DiVA, id: diva2:1383237
Available from: 2020-01-07 Created: 2020-01-07 Last updated: 2020-03-17Bibliographically approved

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