Selected List of Publications

Book

Setting the Tone from the Top: how director conversations shape culture, Melinda Muth & Bob Selden, 2018, AICD.

Dissertation

Board Structure: Dimensionality and Performance Effects.       

Articles

"How to build an inclusive workplace”, Australian Institute of Company Directors, 1 March, 2024. Article first appeared under the headline 'The Fix’ in the March 2024 issue of Company Director magazine.

“Why Conventional Wisdom About Non-executives may be Wrong”, Financial Times, 9 February 1998. Research cited by Professor John Hunt of London Business School.

“Corporate Governance:  Should we have more Non-executive Directors on our Boards?”  Article in Chartered Secretaries Yearbook, 1998.

Test Your Thinking About Change, Mt. Eliza Business Review, 2004.

“The Business Case for Family Friendly Work Policies”, Consult Australia, Practice Note, 2010.

Ties that Bind: managing board and management relationships during Covid 19, Company Director Magazine, August 2020.

Refereed publications

 “Stewardship Theory and Board Structure: A Contingency Approach”, 1998.  Corporate Governance, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp 5-28.

Conference papers

 “Competing Models of Governance:  Performance Effects of Control and Co-optation”, co-authored with Brian Boyd, Nominated for Best Paper – Strategic Management Society Conference, Berlin, 1999.

“Trust versus Control:  The Effects of Fit and Misfit between Board and Top Team on Firm Performance”, presented at 1998 Strategic Management Society Conference, Orlando, Florida USA, November, 1998.

 “Board Structure:  The Effect of Network Connections on Company Performance”, Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia, November 9, 1998.

 “Stewardship Theory and Board Structure:  The Impact of Network Connections:, presented at the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE), Montreal, June 1997.

  “Board Structure and Firm Performance:  The Moderating Effect of Director Network Connections:  presented at the Strategic Management Society conference, Barcelona, October 1997.

Awards

ANBAR Citation of Highest Quality Rating for:  “Stewardship Theory and Board Structure:  A Contingency Approach”, 1998, Corporate Governance, Vol. G, No.

“International Corporate Governance Reform”, 2000, Brian Boyd, David Norburn Mark Fox and Melinda Muth,  European Journal of Business, Vol 12, No 3, pp 116-133.