Nakpodia, F orcid.org/0000-0001-7712-5328, Shrives, PJ and Sorour, MK (2020) Examining the Link Between Religion and Corporate Governance: Insights From Nigeria. Business & Society, 59 (5). pp. 956-994. ISSN 0007-6503
Abstract
This article examines whether the degree of religiosity in an institutional environment can stimulate the emergence of a robust corporate governance system. This study utilizes the Nigerian business environment as its context and embraces a qualitative interpretivist research approach. This approach permitted the engagement of a qualitative content analysis (QCA) methodology to generate insights from interviewees. Findings from the study indicate that despite the high religiosity among Nigerians, religion has not stimulated the desired corporate governance system in Nigeria. The primary explanation for this outcome is the presence of rational ordering over religious preferences thus highlighting the fact that religion, as presently understood and practiced by stakeholders, is inconsistent with the principles underpinning good corporate governance.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author(s) 2018. Nakpodia, F , Shrives, PJ and Sorour, MK (2018) Examining the Link Between Religion and Corporate Governance: Insights From Nigeria. Business & Society. ISSN 0007-6503. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. |
Keywords: | Corporate Governance; Institutional Environment; Institutional Theory; Qualitative Content Analysis; Religion |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Business (Leeds) > Accounting & Finance Division (LUBS) (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 17 Jun 2019 12:47 |
Last Modified: | 11 Nov 2020 17:31 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/0007650317745852 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:147391 |