The impact of ceo characteristics on financial performance of Malaysian construction listed firms

This study investigates the impact of CEO characteristics on the financial performance of companies listed in Bursa Malaysia (Malaysia Stock Exchange) within the construction sector from 2017 to 2019. This study uses descriptive and inferential statistics, to examine the influence of CEO characteristics (CEO ownership, tenure, financial education, and founder) on the dependent variable (return on asset). The findings indicate that CEO financial education and founder CEO have no statistically significant effect on ROA. In contrast, CEO tenure and CEO ownership have a significant positive relationship with ROA. The collected data from annual reports were statistically processed using the program (STATA) to obtain the study's results since the study is based on a panel model. Future research can investigate the exact relationship between CEO characteristics with firm financial performance in other countries. In addition, future researchers can extend the research or studies of CEO characteristics such as CEO gender, power, expertise, et cetera. In addition, the research could be extended to other sectors; therefore, applying the theoretical model to othersmay be a significant contribution.