Relationships between corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial performance of companies in Malaysia

The study investigates the level of corporate sustainability disclosure on employee and the extent to which such disclosure influences financial performance of companies. The study examines relationship between five dimensions of corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial perfor...

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Main Author:	Obeitoh, Ozigi Omoyi
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	Business planning Sustainable development - Malaysia
Online Access:	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68901/1/GSM%202018%201%20-%20IR.pdf
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spelling	my-upm-ir.689012019-06-26T02:30:21Z Relationships between corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial performance of companies in Malaysia 2018-01 Obeitoh, Ozigi Omoyi The study investigates the level of corporate sustainability disclosure on employee and the extent to which such disclosure influences financial performance of companies. The study examines relationship between five dimensions of corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial performance. The study covers a six year period of 2010 to 2015 of 253 public listed companies in Malaysia. This study employs two-step system generalized method of moment (GMM) for analysis. The findings reveal a low level of employee disclosure by companies in Malaysia which is consistent with previous studies. The study establishes the need for government involvement to enhance disclosure as voluntary disclosure appears to be inadequate to achieve the desired result as evidence shows that countries where disclosure is compulsory have high disclosure compare to countries with voluntary disclosure. The result of the study indicates strong association between some measures of financial performance and some dimensions of corporate sustainability disclosure on employees. It also establishes the importance of employee welfare in corporate sustainability disclosure on employee. Employee welfare has strong relationship with NPM, ROE and EPS. In addition, the dimensions of employee welfare, employee workplace and employee human rights show consistent results with NPM, ROE and EPS.It also demonstrates the importance of corporate sustainability initiatives on employee in maintaining competitive advantage, industrial harmony, employee loyalty and commitment which can improve financial performance. Business planning Sustainable development - Malaysia 2018-01 Thesis http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68901/ http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68901/1/GSM%202018%201%20-%20IR.pdf text en public masters Universiti Putra Malaysia Business planning Sustainable development - Malaysia
institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
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topic	Business planning Sustainable development - Malaysia
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description	The study investigates the level of corporate sustainability disclosure on employee and the extent to which such disclosure influences financial performance of companies. The study examines relationship between five dimensions of corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial performance. The study covers a six year period of 2010 to 2015 of 253 public listed companies in Malaysia. This study employs two-step system generalized method of moment (GMM) for analysis. The findings reveal a low level of employee disclosure by companies in Malaysia which is consistent with previous studies. The study establishes the need for government involvement to enhance disclosure as voluntary disclosure appears to be inadequate to achieve the desired result as evidence shows that countries where disclosure is compulsory have high disclosure compare to countries with voluntary disclosure. The result of the study indicates strong association between some measures of financial performance and some dimensions of corporate sustainability disclosure on employees. It also establishes the importance of employee welfare in corporate sustainability disclosure on employee. Employee welfare has strong relationship with NPM, ROE and EPS. In addition, the dimensions of employee welfare, employee workplace and employee human rights show consistent results with NPM, ROE and EPS.It also demonstrates the importance of corporate sustainability initiatives on employee in maintaining competitive advantage, industrial harmony, employee loyalty and commitment which can improve financial performance.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Obeitoh, Ozigi Omoyi
author_facet	Obeitoh, Ozigi Omoyi
author_sort	Obeitoh, Ozigi Omoyi
title	Relationships between corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial performance of companies in Malaysia
title_short	Relationships between corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial performance of companies in Malaysia
title_full	Relationships between corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial performance of companies in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Relationships between corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial performance of companies in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Relationships between corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial performance of companies in Malaysia
title_sort	relationships between corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial performance of companies in malaysia
granting_institution	Universiti Putra Malaysia
publishDate	2018
url	http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68901/1/GSM%202018%201%20-%20IR.pdf
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Relationships between corporate sustainability initiatives on employees and financial performance of companies in Malaysia

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