Corporate social disclosure of construction companies in Malaysia / Tamoi Janggu

This study examines the social and environmental disclosures of 37 construction companies listed on Malaysian Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2002. The main objective is to investigate the extent to which Malaysian construction companies disclose social and environmental information and to find out whet...

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Main Author:	Janggu, Tamoi
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2004
Subjects:	H Social Sciences (General) Construction industry
Online Access:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75989/1/75989.pdf
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spelling	my-uitm-ir.759892023-04-04T03:34:45Z Corporate social disclosure of construction companies in Malaysia / Tamoi Janggu 2004 Janggu, Tamoi H Social Sciences (General) HD Industries. Land use. Labor Construction industry This study examines the social and environmental disclosures of 37 construction companies listed on Malaysian Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2002. The main objective is to investigate the extent to which Malaysian construction companies disclose social and environmental information and to find out whether the amount of disclosure have relationship with the company’s characteristics; size, profitability, leverage, audit firm and ownership.The result provides strong evidence that total CSD is positively related to companies’ size and profitability. This implies that larger and more profitable corporations disclose more social and environmental information signaling that they are responsible corporate citizen. Trend analysis of data further confirms that construction companies especially company majority own by ‘corporate owner’ in Malaysia are aware of their social responsibility but still at low level. 2004 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75989/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75989/1/75989.pdf text en public masters Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak Faculty of Accountancy
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language	English
topic	H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences (General) Construction industry
spellingShingle	H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences (General) Construction industry Janggu, Tamoi Corporate social disclosure of construction companies in Malaysia / Tamoi Janggu
description	This study examines the social and environmental disclosures of 37 construction companies listed on Malaysian Stock Exchange from 1998 to 2002. The main objective is to investigate the extent to which Malaysian construction companies disclose social and environmental information and to find out whether the amount of disclosure have relationship with the company’s characteristics; size, profitability, leverage, audit firm and ownership.The result provides strong evidence that total CSD is positively related to companies’ size and profitability. This implies that larger and more profitable corporations disclose more social and environmental information signaling that they are responsible corporate citizen. Trend analysis of data further confirms that construction companies especially company majority own by ‘corporate owner’ in Malaysia are aware of their social responsibility but still at low level.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Janggu, Tamoi
author_facet	Janggu, Tamoi
author_sort	Janggu, Tamoi
title	Corporate social disclosure of construction companies in Malaysia / Tamoi Janggu
title_short	Corporate social disclosure of construction companies in Malaysia / Tamoi Janggu
title_full	Corporate social disclosure of construction companies in Malaysia / Tamoi Janggu
title_fullStr	Corporate social disclosure of construction companies in Malaysia / Tamoi Janggu
title_full_unstemmed	Corporate social disclosure of construction companies in Malaysia / Tamoi Janggu
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granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Sarawak
granting_department	Faculty of Accountancy
publishDate	2004
url	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/75989/1/75989.pdf
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Corporate social disclosure of construction companies in Malaysia / Tamoi Janggu

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