ABSTRACT
Research into corporate governance and its regulation can originate in many disciplines and extend in a variety of directions in terms of both method and theory. It is a topic that has been written about by management, law, politics, economics, finance and accounting scholars to name a few. Although early research tended to be quantitative, using statistical methods to try to find a relationship bet ween governance structures and financial performance, there is now an emerging stream of qualitative research that draws on psychology and team dynamics to explore the intermediate processes occurring in the boardroom (Huse et al. 2011). Methods used to explore board process include: questionnaire surveys, inter views, case studies, the collection and analysis of discourses (such as board-life stories) and direct observation of boards and directors in action (Huse 2009).
