Contents: Introduction -- 1. "when in Rome, do as the Romans do"? A call for more context sensitive research on boards of directors / Jonas Gabrielsson, Wafa Khlif and Sibel Yamak -- Part I: The inside -- Board behaviour and performance -- 2. Board informal hierarchy and board performance / Dennis B. Veltrop and Eric Molleman -- 3. Dealing with strategic tensions on the board: The role of the chair in fostering engagement and debate / Filipe Morais, Andrew Kakabadse and Nada K. Kakabadse -- 4. The determinants of trust in the boardroom / Michael A. Ogunseyin, Stuart S. Farquhar and Silke Machold -- 5. Narcissism: A covert threat to functional board dynamics / Joanna Pousset -- 6. Opening the black box of boards of directors: Taking stock of recent studies on board dynamics / Alessandro Zattoni and Amedeo Pugliese -- Boards in family firms -- 7. Family directors monitoring non-family managers: The impact of family representation in the board of directors on ceo replacement decisions after poor performance / Daniel Pittino and Francesca Visintin -- 8. Analysing the board of directors in family firms: An integrated framework for future research directions / Alessandro Cirillo and Donata Mussolino -- Part II: The outside -- Re-visiting the concept of independence -- 9. Independent directors: Experience and value in contrasting economic contexts / Philippa Wells, Abdul Moyeen and Coral Ingley -- 10. The management of independent directors: A praxis hypothesis / Sven-Olof Yrjö Collin and Elin Smith -- Interconnections and impacts -- 11. Board of directors: Building relationships with non-shareholder stakeholders / Monique Cikaliuk, Ljiljana Eraković, Brad Jackson, Chris Noonan and Susan Watson -- 12. The changing role of the chairperson of the board: An analysis of business press articles in UK, USA and Germany / Alexander Meineke, Karin Hellerstedt and Mattias Nordqvist -- 13. Multiple board memberships and the inner circle in family business groups / Behlül Üsdiken and Özlem Yildirim-Öktem -- 14. The effect of the Introduction of the gender quota regulation among public limited companies' boards in norway: Taking stock, looking ahead / Eskil Goldeng, Alessandra Rigolini and Patricia Gabaldon -- Part III: The environments -- National contexts -- 15. Governance research and practice in the 21st century: Taking stock of board reforms / Marta A. Geletkanycz and Brian K. Boyd -- 16. Institutions, governance, and strategy in a changing global landscape: The case of boards of directors in large listed firms in France / Nikolaos Kavadis and Xavier Castañer -- 17. Board of directors within African contexts: Current perspectives and key directions for future research / Konan Anderson Seny Kan -- 18. Roles and tasks of German supervisory boards: An exploratory view / Thomas Steger and Steffen Jahn -- Global trends -- 19. Corporate governance and climate change: The new zeitgeist of sustainability for boards of directors / Thomas Clarke -- 20. Digitalisation and the role of the board / Linda Baines, Vadim Grinevich and Mine Karatas-Ozkan -- 21. On value and value creation: Perspectives from board research and practice in smes / Daniel Yar Hamidi -- 22. Rethinking boards and governance in the digital era: Implications for practice and research / Alessandra Rigolini, Jonas Gabrielsson, Mirian Izquierdo Barriuso and Morten Huse -- Index.