FOUNDER’S SYNDROME AT THE BACKSTAGE OF AGENCY THEORY: A THREAT TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Şafak GÜNDÜZ (Maltepe Üniversitesi, İstanbul, Türkiye)
Business and Management Studies: An International Journal
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Yıl: 2018 Cilt: 6 Sayı: 1 Sayfa Aralığı: 1 - 16 Metin Dili: İngilizce DOI: 10.15295/bmij.v6i1.124 İndeks Tarihi: 30-01-2019

FOUNDER’S SYNDROME AT THE BACKSTAGE OF AGENCY THEORY: A THREAT TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Öz:
Agency theory studies have had almost no attention to antecedents of the causes leading agent-principal problem. As there is yet no consensus over what constitutes a perfectly working corporate governance mechanism, this discursive analysis tries to draw attention to the hidden reason of agent-principal problem in order to help the constitution of healthy corporate governance with corporate social responsibility. The purpose is to put forward that Founder’s Syndrome could be one of the reasons behind agency problem and a threat to corporate governance and corporate social responsibility. This paper is the first to extend Agency Theory by associating it with a syndrome analysing the psychological and behavioural instigations of it, which fills the void in literature. A theoretical lens to enhance organizations’ ability to be the corporate social responsibility-focused by overcoming Founder’s Syndrome is provided bearing implications especially for organisational behaviour researchers.
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Konular: İşletme İşletme Finans

VEKÂLET TEORİSİNİN PERDE ARKASINDAKİ KURUCU SENDROMU: KURUMSAL YÖNETİŞİM VE KURUMSAL SOSYAL SORUMLULUĞA BİR TEHDİT UNSURU

Öz:
Vekâlet teorisi çalışmalarında asil-vekil sorununun arkasında yatan asıl sebebi araştıran çalışmalara neredeyse yer verilmemiştir. Mükemmel işleyen bir kurumsal yönetişim modeli üzerinde henüz bir görüş birliğine varılamadığından bu çalışma ile asil-vekil sorununun ardında yatan gizli sebebe dikkat çekilerek kurumsal sosyal sorumluluk ile birlikte yürütülmesi gereken daha sağlıklı bir kurumsal yönetişim önerisi sunulacaktır. Çalışmanın amacı vekâlet sorununun ardındaki sebeplerden bir tanesinin Kurucu Sendromu olabileceğinin ve bunun da kurumsal yönetişim ve kurumsal sosyal sorumluluk için bir tehdit unsuru olduğunun ortaya konulmasıdır. Çalışma, Vekalet Teorisinin psikolojik ve davranışsal tetikleyicilerini bir sendrom ile açıklamaya çalışması bakımından ilk olma ve bu anlamda literatürdeki bir boşluğu doldurma özelliğine sahiptir. Örgütlerin kurumsal sosyal sorumluluk odaklı olma özelliğini arttırmak için Kurucu Sendromundan kurtulmaları gerekliliği üzerinde teorik bir perspektif sunan bu çalışma özellikle örgütsel davranış bilimcilerine de ışık tutar niteliktedir.
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Konular: İşletme İşletme Finans
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MLA Gündüz Şafak FOUNDER’S SYNDROME AT THE BACKSTAGE OF AGENCY THEORY: A THREAT TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Business and Management Studies: An International Journal, vol.6, no.1, 2018, ss.1 - 16. 10.15295/bmij.v6i1.124
AMA Gündüz Ş FOUNDER’S SYNDROME AT THE BACKSTAGE OF AGENCY THEORY: A THREAT TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Business and Management Studies: An International Journal. 2018; 6(1): 1 - 16. 10.15295/bmij.v6i1.124
Vancouver Gündüz Ş FOUNDER’S SYNDROME AT THE BACKSTAGE OF AGENCY THEORY: A THREAT TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY. Business and Management Studies: An International Journal. 2018; 6(1): 1 - 16. 10.15295/bmij.v6i1.124
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ISNAD Gündüz, Şafak. "FOUNDER’S SYNDROME AT THE BACKSTAGE OF AGENCY THEORY: A THREAT TO CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY". Business and Management Studies: An International Journal 6/1 (2018), 1-16. https://doi.org/10.15295/bmij.v6i1.124
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