A boardroom review is a process that lets a table evaluate its performance in a holistic manner. It helps tables identify aspects of longevity, as and weaknesses in their leadership relationships, connections and culture that could result in both social and practical changes. It also helps ensure that those who pay for table memberships are able to fulfill their duties.
This research area is in its early stages of development and many difficulties remain. First, the current evidence from empirical studies has mixed results regarding how dissent affects boards and their functioning. While some studies report positive (Zona 2016) and curvilinear effects, others report negative (Brown, Buchholtz and Butts 2019) and mixed results (Heemskerk, Heemskerk, and Wats, 2015; Minichilli et al. 2012) relations between dissent and the performance of a board’s tasks.
In addition, the research is lacking a deeper understanding of the forces that drive the dynamics of disagreement. Future research should create a more integrated theoretical approach to understand this phenomenon of governance. This could include the use of techniques that use configuration (Federo & Saz-Carranza, 2018; Schiell, Lewellyn & Yan, 2023) in order to help researchers understand how board attributes, processes and contexts relate in a causal manner that is sufficient and necessary.
Finaly, some studies use a narrow definition of dissent but do not provide precise measurement methods. These studies are therefore vulnerable to measurement error. Therefore, it’s important to come up with more reliable and precise methods for measuring dissent.
