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The role of audit committee attributes in intellectual capital disclosures: Evidence from Malaysia

Managerial auditing journal, 2015-10, Vol.30 (8/9), p.756-784 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 ;ISSN: 0268-6902 ;EISSN: 1758-7735 ;DOI: 10.1108/MAJ-07-2015-1221

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  • Title:
    The role of audit committee attributes in intellectual capital disclosures: Evidence from Malaysia
  • Author: Ahmed Haji, Abdifatah
  • Subjects: Accounting ; Annual reports ; Audit committees ; Audits ; Committees ; Corporate governance ; Disclosure ; Financial reporting ; Financial statements ; Initiatives ; Intellectual capital ; Quality ; Regulatory reform ; Reporting requirements ; Social responsibility ; Studies
  • Is Part Of: Managerial auditing journal, 2015-10, Vol.30 (8/9), p.756-784
  • Description: Purpose – This study aims to examine the role of audit committee attributes in non-financial information releases, with a focus on intellectual capital (IC) disclosures, following significant policy changes, mandating the audit committee function in Malaysia. The study argues that, given the changing informational needs of stakeholders and the ongoing discussion on integrated reporting, the role of the audit committee should extend to ensuring the overall quality of corporate reporting. Design/methodology/approach – The study draws evidence from a sample of leading Malaysian companies based on their market capitalisation over a three-year period (2008-2010), a period subsequent to the recent policy changes. The extent and quality of IC information, as a surrogate of non-financial information, was measured and regressed against several audit committee attributes, such as audit committee size, independence, financial expertise and meetings, controlling the overall governance and firm-specific variables. Findings – The findings show a strong positive role of the audit committee function in the overall amount of IC information as well as all three subcomponents of IC information (internal, external and human capital). The results are robust to controls for the overall governance and firm-specific attributes as well as different measures of IC information. Practical implications – The results suggest that the role of the audit committee function extends to non-financial information communication such as IC. Policymakers in Malaysia should, therefore, build on the recent regulatory changes and encourage audit committees to ensure that the overall quality of corporate reporting processes include social, environmental, intellectual as well as financial capital of a firm. Originality/value – This study considers the role of the audit committee in the wider corporate reporting process – drawing attention to its potential role in the espoused integrated business reporting. It also challenges the taken-for-granted assumption that restricts the role of the audit committee function to the traditional financial reporting process.
  • Publisher: Bradford: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0268-6902
    EISSN: 1758-7735
    DOI: 10.1108/MAJ-07-2015-1221
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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