THE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE CHARACTERISTICS AND RISK-TAKING IN THE ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS: A THEORETICAL REVIEW

Md. Mohidul Islam; Abul Bashar Bhuiyan; Aza Azlina Md Kassim; Salina Rasli

doi:10.46281/ijscgr.v4i1.1695

Md. Mohidul Islam Universiti Selangor, Malaysia
Abul Bashar Bhuiyan Universiti Selangor, Malaysia
Aza Azlina Md Kassim Management and Science University, Malaysia
Salina Rasli Universiti Selangor, Malaysia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46281/ijscgr.v4i1.1695

Keywords: Corporate Governance Characteristics, Agency Theory, Stakeholder Theory, Risk Taking.

Abstract

The present study intends to examine existing literature and summarized the effects of the corporate governance characteristics on risk-taking and justified with existing most relevant theories in the Islamic financing system. The study extracted available literature from Google Scholar, ProQuest, and Scopus as well as other online data-based. The theoretical review findings summarized that there are two theories such as agency theory and stakeholder theory are considered most relevant for underpinning to justify the literature summary of this study. Moreover, the agency theory explains the role of corporate governance characteristics on the risk-taking of IFIs. The present study also shows the stakeholder theory paradigm that, influences the creates effective measurement of risk-taking and the stakeholders which leads to insolvency, economic collapse, liquidity shortage, financial institution corruption, financial institution scandal, enterprise fall, and monetary instability even misunderstanding amongst the stakeholders that lead to credit risk, liquidity. The study recommendations will be used to develop a research framework to examine relationships between corporate governance characteristics and risk-taking based on empirical data and the findings could be a valuable source of knowledge for policymakers and regulators in the Islamic financial services sectors in the world.

Author Biographies

Md. Mohidul Islam, Universiti Selangor, Malaysia

PhD Fellow, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, Universiti Selangor, Malaysia

Abul Bashar Bhuiyan, Universiti Selangor, Malaysia

Associate Professor, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, Universiti Selangor, Malaysia

Aza Azlina Md Kassim, Management and Science University, Malaysia

Associate Professor, Faculty of Business Management and Professional Studies, Management and Science University, Malaysia

Salina Rasli, Universiti Selangor, Malaysia

Senior Lecturer, Department of Accountancy, Finance and Mumalat, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, Universiti Selangor, Malaysia

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