TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose The purpose of this paper is to ascertain whether institutional investors in Malaysia faced limitations when they are involved in the corporate governance of their investee companies.Design/methodology/approach A qualitative approach, consisting of a series of interviews with senior investment managers of different type of institutional investors, was chosen. In total, 18 interviews were conducted over a period of two months, which is thought to sufficiently provide the answers to the research purpose.Findings The interviews revealed there are difficulties in monitoring all investee companies due to lack of time and resources. Traditional measures such as company financial performance and dividend policy, continued to be favored and rigorously monitored. The overdependence on hard criteria may be a result of a culture of overly rewarding beneficiaries and a lack of expertise in being involved in specialized company areas such as strategy. Strict regulations hamper effort to be more involved in governing investee companies.Research limitations/implications The research used interviews and generalization may become an issue. In addition, access to many managers depended on recommendations, and the respondents are selected to represent the different types of institutional investors.Originality/value Investigation into factors that may limit institutional investors’ involvement in corporate governance in Malaysian public listed companies, especially from a more qualitative viewpoint, is lacking. In addition, this paper advances the understanding of shareholder activism by adding to the literature by exploring the issue in a specific emerging markets context.
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
SN  - 1747-1117
DO  - 10.1108/SRJ-12-2017-0264
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-12-2017-0264
AU  - Annuar Hairul Azlan
PY  - 2019
Y1  - 2019/01/01
TI  - Difficulties in being responsible institutional investors: evidencefrom Malaysia
T2  - Social Responsibility Journal
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 507
EP  - 520
Y2  - 2024/04/16
ER  -