The Impact of Audit Committee Characteristics on the Performance: Evidence from Jordan

The objective of this paper is to investigate the relationship between audit committee characteristics (namely: audit committee size, financial experience, and audit committee independence) on performance, which includes financial, operating and stock performance. The study sample contained 106 corporations from the financial sector listed in the Amman Stock Exchange Market with a total of 212 observations during the 2008-2009 sample years. The results showed that the audit committee has an impact on financial and stock performance. It does not have an effect on operating performance.