The Effect of Corporate Governance in Islamic Banking on the Agility of Iraqi Banks

Abstract

The primary purpose of the research is to investigate the impact of corporate governance in Islamic banking on the agility of Iraqi banks. In other words, the current study seeks to find an answer to the question of whether corporate governance in Islamic banking can affect the agility and speed of change of banks in the face of problems in Iraq or not. For this purpose, the research method is applied based on the goal and descriptive survey based on the method. The statistical population of this study is all managers, employees and customers of the public and private banks of Iraq, and a total of 70 questionnaires have been completed and analyzed. The sampling method of the research is non-random, and the available population has been selected as the sample size. In this research, PLS tests have been used to investigate the effect of independent variables on the dependent variable. The research results indicate that corporate governance in Islamic banking has had a positive effect on the agility of Iraqi banks, meaning that with the increase of corporate governance mechanisms in Iraqi Islamic banking, the rate of change of banks (agility of banks) has been facing more problems.

Keywords

• Corporate governance
• Islamic banking
• Bank agility