caa a22 4500 445862637 CHVBK 20180317145448.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110201xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10997-009-9120-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10997-009-9120-y The making of active boards in Swedish public companies [Elektronische Daten] [Karin Jonnergård, Anna Stafsudd] Boards of directors are a vital part of corporate governance systems. In the on-going discussion about the development of national corporate governance systems, however, little interest has been given to the issue of how and why board behavior changes over time. In this article, we use an institutional approach and study the development of board behavior in Sweden between 1994 and 2004 and if it is affected by board composition and board network characteristics. In order to do so, we introduce the constructs of board activities, i.e. what the boards do, and board involvement, i.e. when in the decision process they get involved. Findings show that range of board activities and board involvement have increased drastically during this period, which indicates a change in the logic of appropriateness of Swedish board behavior. There are robust indications that new types of actors affect activities and involvement positively, as do board interlocks, whereas network centrality affects activities and involvement negatively. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC., 2009 Board of directors nationallicence Board activities nationallicence Board involvement nationallicence Board composition nationallicence Board networks nationallicence Institutional theory nationallicence Jonnergård Karin School of Management and Economics, Växjö University, 351 95, Växjö, Sweden aut Stafsudd Anna School of Management and Economics, Växjö University, 351 95, Växjö, Sweden aut Journal of Management & Governance Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/1(2011-02-01), 123-155 1385-3457 15:1<123 2011 15 10997 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-009-9120-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10997-009-9120-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Jonnergård Karin School of Management and Economics, Växjö University, 351 95, Växjö, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Stafsudd Anna School of Management and Economics, Växjö University, 351 95, Växjö, Sweden aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Management & Governance Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 15/1(2011-02-01), 123-155 1385-3457 15:1<123 2011 15 10997 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer