Research Handbook on Boards of Directors

Introduction
1. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do”? A call for more context sensitive research on boards of directors - Jonas Gabrielsson, Wafa Khlif and Sibel Yamak
Part I The inside:
Board behaviour and performance
2. Board informal hierarchy and board performance - Dennis B. Veltrop and Eric Molleman
3. Dealing with strategic tensions on the board: The role of the chair in fostering engagement and debate - Filipe Morais, Andrew Kakabadse and Nada K. Kakabadse
4. The determinants of trust in the boardroom - Michael A. Ogunseyin, Stuart S. Farquhar and Silke Machold
5. Narcissism: A covert threat to functional board dynamics - Joanna Pousset
6. Opening the black box of boards of directors: Taking stock of recent studies on board dynamics - Alessandro Zattoni and Amedeo Pugliese
Boards in family firms
7. Family directors monitoring non-family managers: The impact of family representation in the board of directors on CEO replacement decisions after poor performance - Daniel Pittino and Francesca Visintin
8. Analysing the board of directors in family firms: An integrated framework for future research directions - Alessandro Cirillo and Donata Mussolino
Part II The outside
Re-visiting the concept of independence
9. Independent directors: Experience and value in contrasting economic contexts - Philippa Wells, Abdul Moyeen and Coral Ingley
10. The management of independent directors: A praxis hypothesis - Sven-Olof Yrjö Collin and Elin Smith
Interconnections and impacts
11. Board of Directors: Building Relationships with Non-Shareholder Stakeholders - Monique Cikaliuk, Ljiljana Eraković, Brad Jackson, Chris Noonan and Susan Watson
12. The changing role of the chairperson of the board: An analysis of business press articles in UK, USA and Germany - Alexander Meineke, Karin Hellerstedt and Mattias Nordqvist
13. Multiple board memberships and the inner circle in family business groups - Behlül Üsdiken and Özlem Yildirim-Öktem
14. The effect of the introduction of the gender quota regulation among public limited companies’ boards in Norway: Taking stock, looking ahead - Eskil Sønju Le Bruyn Goldeng, Alessandra Rigolini and Patricia Gabaldon
Part III The environments
National contexts
15. Governance research and practice in the 21st century: Taking stock of board reforms - Marta A. Geletkanycz and Brian K. Boyd
16. Institutions, governance, and strategy in a changing global landscape: The case of boards of directors in large listed firms in France - Nikolaos Kavadis and Xavier Castañer
17. Board of directors within African contexts: Current perspectives and key directions for future research - Konan Anderson Seny Kan
18. Roles and tasks of German supervisory boards: An exploratory view - Thomas Steger and Steffen Jahn
Global trends
19. Corporate governance and climate change: The new zeitgeist of sustainability for boards of directors -
Thomas Clarke
20. Digitalisation and the role of the board - Linda Baines, Vadim Grinevich and Mine Karatas-Ozkan
21. On value and value creation: Perspectives from board research and practice in SMEs - Daniel Yar Hamidi
22. Rethinking boards and governance in the digital era: Implications for practice and research - Alessandra Rigolini, Jonas Gabrielsson, Mirian Izquierdo Barriuso and Morten Huse
Index