Board dynamics and employee well-being: the role of institutional quality in a cross-country analysis of emerging markets

Dr Ali Uyar is currently Professor of Accounting at Excelia Business School, Excelia Group, France. He holds a PhD in Accounting and Finance and prestigious international CMA certification granted by IMA (USA). His research interests are corporate governance, sustainability/CSR performance/reporting and management accounting. His works have been published in prominent journals, including Journal of Cleaner Production, Expert Systems with Applications, Journal of Intellectual Capital, Australian Accounting Review, Advances in Accounting, Managerial Auditing Journal, Research in Accounting Regulation, Transport Policy, Tourism Economics, International Journal of Public Administration, Journal of International Accounting, Auditing, and Taxation and International Journal of Auditing among others.

Dr Khalil Nimer is Assistant Professor of accounting and finance at Gulf University for Science and Technology (GUST), Kuwait and Doctorate supervisor at Gloucestershire university (UK). He obtained his PhD in Accounting and Finance from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK in 2005. He has been in the academic field for more than 25 years with several publications in different reputable journals. His research interest lies within areas of tax evasions, sustainability reporting, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), foreign currency exposure and risk and accounting education. In addition, he is a holder for two prestigious professional qualifications; CMA from the IMA, USA in 2014 and IFRS DIP from the ACCA, UK in 2013.

Dr Hamza Nizar is currently Assistant Professor of Finance at IHEC Carthage, Tunisia. He holds a PhD in Management Science. His principal research areas concern corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, managerial ability, institutional common-ownership and climate risk. His research has been published in ranked journals, including International Journal of Finance and Economics, International Review of Financial Analysis, Annals of Operations Research, Management International and Economic Bulletin among others.

Muath Abdelqader is Assistant Professor at the Australian University, Kuwait. He holds a PhD degree in Accounting from University of Gloucestershire, UK. He is also currently a Research Fellow and Doctoral supervisor at the Business School of the University of Gloucestershire. His research interests lie in the areas of corporate governance, financial accounting, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and corporate social responsibility (CSR). Muath has taught several accounting modules in a number of universities across the Middle East for over 15 years. He holds CMA from the IMA, USA in 2015.

Dr Abdullah S. Karaman is currently Assistant Professor of Management at Winthrop University. He received his PhD degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA. His research and teaching activities have been in the areas of business analytics, supply chain management, sustainability, simulation and multi-criteria decision-making. His research has been supported by the Department of Homeland Security, USA. His works have been published in the Journal of Business Research, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management, Journal of Cleaner Production, Transport Policy and Energy Policy, among others.