The moderating effect of government ownership on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and voluntary disclosure in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates / Yaseen Al-Janadi

The main objective of this dissertation is to show the impact of internal and external corporate governance mechanisms on voluntary disclosure. Corporate governance plays an important role as a monitoring system and consequently provides quality reporting not only for shareholders but for stakeholde...

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Main Author: Al-Janadi, Yaseen
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spelling my-uitm-ir.54962023-07-31T04:55:02Z The moderating effect of government ownership on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and voluntary disclosure in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates / Yaseen Al-Janadi 2010 Al-Janadi, Yaseen Corporations Corporate organization. Corporate governance Balance sheets. Financial statements. Including corporation reports. Financial reporting. Financial disclosure The main objective of this dissertation is to show the impact of internal and external corporate governance mechanisms on voluntary disclosure. Corporate governance plays an important role as a monitoring system and consequently provides quality reporting not only for shareholders but for stakeholders as well. Additionally, the study aims to examine the moderating impact of government ownership on the association of corporate governance mechanisms with voluntary disclosure. The study also aims to measure the level and quality of voluntary disclosure in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In this thesis, voluntary disclosure is measured by developing a score that consists of three levels of measurement. The sample consists of 150 listed companies, 87 companies from the Saudi Stock Market and 63 companies from the two UAE Stock Markets which are the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) with 31 companies and the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) with 32 companies. The data is collected from the annual reports for the available financial years 2006 and 2007. The study uses univariate and multivariate analysis to examine the association of corporate governance mechanisms with voluntary disclosure 2010 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/5496/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/5496/2/5496.pdf text en public phd doctoral Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Faculty of Accountancy Abdul Rahman, Rashidah Omar, Normah
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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language English
advisor Abdul Rahman, Rashidah
Omar, Normah
topic Corporations
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Al-Janadi, Yaseen
The moderating effect of government ownership on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and voluntary disclosure in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates / Yaseen Al-Janadi
description The main objective of this dissertation is to show the impact of internal and external corporate governance mechanisms on voluntary disclosure. Corporate governance plays an important role as a monitoring system and consequently provides quality reporting not only for shareholders but for stakeholders as well. Additionally, the study aims to examine the moderating impact of government ownership on the association of corporate governance mechanisms with voluntary disclosure. The study also aims to measure the level and quality of voluntary disclosure in Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In this thesis, voluntary disclosure is measured by developing a score that consists of three levels of measurement. The sample consists of 150 listed companies, 87 companies from the Saudi Stock Market and 63 companies from the two UAE Stock Markets which are the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) with 31 companies and the Dubai Financial Market (DFM) with 32 companies. The data is collected from the annual reports for the available financial years 2006 and 2007. The study uses univariate and multivariate analysis to examine the association of corporate governance mechanisms with voluntary disclosure
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qualification_name Doctor of Philosophy (PhD.)
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author Al-Janadi, Yaseen
author_facet Al-Janadi, Yaseen
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title The moderating effect of government ownership on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and voluntary disclosure in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates / Yaseen Al-Janadi
title_short The moderating effect of government ownership on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and voluntary disclosure in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates / Yaseen Al-Janadi
title_full The moderating effect of government ownership on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and voluntary disclosure in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates / Yaseen Al-Janadi
title_fullStr The moderating effect of government ownership on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and voluntary disclosure in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates / Yaseen Al-Janadi
title_full_unstemmed The moderating effect of government ownership on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and voluntary disclosure in Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates / Yaseen Al-Janadi
title_sort moderating effect of government ownership on the relationship between corporate governance mechanisms and voluntary disclosure in saudi arabia and united arab emirates / yaseen al-janadi
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM)
granting_department Faculty of Accountancy
publishDate 2010
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/5496/2/5496.pdf
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