Behavioral dominance of leaders

The main objective of this research is to study the impact of the behavioral dominance of executives in listed companies regarding performance. Empirical tests were conducted on panel data from companies belonging to the FTSE 100. To address this research issue we analyzed the link between governance and the stock market in a first chapter. Then based on financial theories we formulated a set of hypotheses related to the influence of compensation the size of the board of directors the presence of women and the independence of the board of directors on performance.The results of the empirical tests indicate that the importance of compensation had a positive effect on performance. Conversely the empirical tests show that the size of the Board of Directors and the duality of function had negative effects on performance.Finally the results of the tests on the behavioral dominance of executives are mixed depending on the characteristics of the board of directors.