CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT EFFICIENCY OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN PORT HARCOURT
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The purpose of this research is to examine the corporate governance and management efficiency of deposit money banks in Port-Harcourt. The study specifically investigated the extent of relationship between accountability, transparency, responsibility and management efficiency of deposit money banks in Port Harcourt. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey type of the quasi-experimental method. The study formulated and tested three hypotheses using theSpearman Rank Correlation Coefficient and partial correlation for the moderating variable. The population comprised customers of 4 leading deposit money banks in Port Harcourt and 196 copies of questionnaire were distributed and 170 were useful for the analysis. The findings revealed that corporate governance has a strong positive association with management efficiency of banks in Port Harcourt. The study concluded that corporate governance has a positive impact on management efficiency. The study therefore recommended that banks should embrace corporate governance as a tool for enhancing management efficiency.
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