The Impact of Corporate Governance upon the Performance Level of Jordanian Public Joint Stock Industrial Companies through Using the Balanced Scorecard (BSC)

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https://doi.org/10.25255/jss.2018.7.1.1.14

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Corporate Governance, Performance Level, Industrial Companies, Balanced Scorecard

Abstract

   The study aimed to identify the impact of corporate governance upon the performance level of Jordanian public joint stock industrial companies through using the balanced scorecard. The population of the current study consists of financial managers who were working in Jordanian public joint stock industrial companies. The number of those companies is sixty six (66) companies. The researcher of the current study proposed several recommendations. The researcher found the number of results

  1. There is a statistically significant impact for having an effective framework for corporate governance upon the performance level of Jordanian public joint stock companies that are listed on the Amman Stock Exchange through using the balanced scorecard (BSC)
  2. There is a statistically significant impact for equity and the main functions of the owners of property rights on the performance level of Jordanian public joint stock companies that are listed on the Amman Stock Exchange through using the balanced scorecard (BSC)

These recommendations are represented in the following ones

  • The researcher recommended having an effective framework for implementing corporate governance due to the major impact it has upon companies’ performance level

The researcher recommended increasing the transparency level of the disclosed financial statements of the company.

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2018-01-01

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Kerazan, F. H., Rumman, G. A., Al Mawali, H., & Allozi, N. M. (2018). The Impact of Corporate Governance upon the Performance Level of Jordanian Public Joint Stock Industrial Companies through Using the Balanced Scorecard (BSC). Journal of Social Sciences (COES&Amp;RJ-JSS), 7(1), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.25255/jss.2018.7.1.1.14