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Table 2

Inclusion/exclusion criteria

Inclusion/exclusion	Criteria	Explanation
Inclusion	Type of publication	Articles
	Setting	Unlisted small and medium enterprises/ Corporate governance
	Language	English
	Date	Up to December 2022
	Research methods	Qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods
	Keywords	Small and medium enterprises* corporate governance* sme* govern* director* board*
Exclusion	Research methods	Studies that did not use qualitative, quantitative or mixed surveys were not considered
	Peer reviewed	All articles that were not peer-reviewed were excluded from the study. The relevance and validity of these documents could not be determined; this would affect the accuracy of the deductions made from the information
	Duplicated studies	Studies that are duplicated are not included
	Literature	Gray literature

Inclusion/exclusion	Criteria	Explanation
Inclusion	Type of publication	Articles
	Setting	Unlisted small and medium enterprises/ Corporate governance
	Language	English
	Date	Up to December 2022
	Research methods	Qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods
	Keywords	Small and medium enterprises* corporate governance* sme* govern* director* board*
Exclusion	Research methods	Studies that did not use qualitative, quantitative or mixed surveys were not considered
	Peer reviewed	All articles that were not peer-reviewed were excluded from the study. The relevance and validity of these documents could not be determined; this would affect the accuracy of the deductions made from the information
	Duplicated studies	Studies that are duplicated are not included
	Literature	Gray literature

Source: Elaborated by authors