Mediation of Agency Cost on Governance in Company Financial Performance

Ashari Sofyaun, Asrid Juniar, Rini Rahmawati

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Financial performance in the perspective of governance with agency cost is the research objective. The study was conducted during the period 2013-2021 on state-owned companies on the Indonesian stock exchange with a purposive sampling method approach. Managerial ownership, leverage and board size as representatives of corporate governance. In measuring financial performance indicators of ROA and firm value are used. SEM-PLS multivariate analysis was used as a data analysis technique. affected by leverage, agency costs and return on assets is significantly Leverage and agency costs have a significant effect on return on assets. leverage and board size have a significant effect on agency costs. Leverage and board size were successfully mediated by agency costs in influencing firm value and ROA.

 


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corporate governance; company value; ROA; agency cost

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