“…CEO duality is about holding a CEO and board chairman position simultaneously (Khan et al, 2021). FP and CEO duality relationship have been contradictory by different researchers as some found positive (Hassan & Halbouni, 2013;Khan et al, 2021;Pucheta-Martínez & Gallego-Álvarez, 2020) and some negative relationship (Bashir et al, 2020;Jwailes, 2021). And this also has been proved by two different theories, namely, stewardship theory, which argues for a positive relationship, and agency theory, which supports a negative relationship.…”