Corporate governance practices, barriers and drivers: A survey dataset

Muhammad Arslan, Ahmad Alqatan

Data in Brief, 2020

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DOI 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106603
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Abstract

The dataset presented in this paper is used to examine the corporate governance (CG) practices and compute the CG index among Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) listed firms. Dataset is useful in exploring the different barriers to and drivers of good CG practices. The survey questionnaire was distributed to 350 respondents from 350 PSX listed firms, nevertheless, 120 respondents returned the questionnaire. After reviewing the filled questionnaires, fifteen questionnaires were found to be incomplete. Therefore, the final sample consisted of 105 respondents from 105 PSX listed firms. The survey dataset was analysed by descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, exploratory factor analysis (EFA), and hierarchical multiple linear regression. SPSS 24 was used to analyse the data. For further findings and interpretation, please refer to the research article entitled “Corporate Governance in Extreme Institutional Environment: Evidence From Emerging Economy” [1]. We also suggest referring to another article that was used to develop the survey questionnaire [2].