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标题：The Influence of Chief Executive Officers’ Traits on Financial Risk Management Perceptions: Evidence from Malaysia
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作者：Ahmad Shukri Yazid ; Mohd Rasid Hussin ; Wan Norhayate Wan Daud 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Economics and Finance
印刷版ISSN：1916-971X
电子版ISSN：1916-9728
出版年度：2012
卷号：4
期号：4
页码：78
DOI：10.5539/ijef.v4n4p78
出版社：Canadian Center of Science and Education
摘要：The main aimed of this study is to examine the Chief Executive Officers’ (CEOs’) traits in relation to the perceptions of financial risk management during three time periods, namely, before the financial crisis 1997, during the crisis and after the crisis. A survey questionnaire was designed and distributed to CEOs of public listed companies under the Malaysian Bourse. A total of 54 CEOs responded to the survey. The main findings of the study are as follows: a) Before and after the crisis, CEOs gave the highest priority to business risk as compared to financial risk; b) During the crisis, CEOs gave a higher priority to financial risk; c) Younger CEOs attributed the highest priority to financial risk; d) More experienced CEOs attributed the highest priority to foreign exchange and interest rate risk and e) Malay CEOs gave a higher priority to financial risk than Chinese CEOs.