Assessment of Effect of Corporate Governance Attitudes on Financial Information’s Quality of the Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange

In this study, we investigate the effect of corporate governance attitudes on financial information quality in the firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange during 2001 to 2010. To calculate corporate governance, we used seven governance attributes including ownership concentration, institutional owners...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:c7b587f28ec04713b14f95199eb0eb622021-11-04T19:45:17ZAssessment of Effect of Corporate Governance Attitudes on Financial Information’s Quality of the Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange2008-89142476-292X10.22103/jak.2013.561https://doaj.org/article/c7b587f28ec04713b14f95199eb0eb622013-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://jak.uk.ac.ir/article_561_04c49527468ce9769807cbfb19fbbdd2.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2008-8914https://doaj.org/toc/2476-292XIn this study, we investigate the effect of corporate governance attitudes on financial information quality in the firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange during 2001 to 2010. To calculate corporate governance, we used seven governance attributes including ownership concentration, institutional ownership, dominance of chief executive officer, duality task of chief executive officer, board size, board independence, and chief executive officer tenure. To calculate the quality of financial information, we used the FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 8 for measuring the latent variable. 125 firms are selected as sample. Sample data was analyzed by structural equation modeling and Partial-least-squares (PLS) software.      Our findings show that ownership concentration, chief executive officer dominance, board independence, chief executive officer tenure have positive and significant effects on the quality of firms' financial information. On the other hand, we have not found meaningful relationship between any of four variables of institutional ownership, duality task of chief executive officer and board size and the variable representing firms’ quality of financial information.Shahid Bahonar University of Kermanarticlecorporate governancefinancial information qualityAccounting. BookkeepingHF5601-5689FAمجله دانش حسابداری, Vol 4, Iss 13, Pp 151-170 (2013)
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topic corporate governance
financial information quality
Accounting. Bookkeeping
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financial information quality
Accounting. Bookkeeping
HF5601-5689
Assessment of Effect of Corporate Governance Attitudes on Financial Information’s Quality of the Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
description In this study, we investigate the effect of corporate governance attitudes on financial information quality in the firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange during 2001 to 2010. To calculate corporate governance, we used seven governance attributes including ownership concentration, institutional ownership, dominance of chief executive officer, duality task of chief executive officer, board size, board independence, and chief executive officer tenure. To calculate the quality of financial information, we used the FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 8 for measuring the latent variable. 125 firms are selected as sample. Sample data was analyzed by structural equation modeling and Partial-least-squares (PLS) software.      Our findings show that ownership concentration, chief executive officer dominance, board independence, chief executive officer tenure have positive and significant effects on the quality of firms' financial information. On the other hand, we have not found meaningful relationship between any of four variables of institutional ownership, duality task of chief executive officer and board size and the variable representing firms’ quality of financial information.
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title Assessment of Effect of Corporate Governance Attitudes on Financial Information’s Quality of the Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_short Assessment of Effect of Corporate Governance Attitudes on Financial Information’s Quality of the Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_full Assessment of Effect of Corporate Governance Attitudes on Financial Information’s Quality of the Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_fullStr Assessment of Effect of Corporate Governance Attitudes on Financial Information’s Quality of the Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of Effect of Corporate Governance Attitudes on Financial Information’s Quality of the Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_sort assessment of effect of corporate governance attitudes on financial information’s quality of the firms listed in tehran stock exchange
publisher Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman
publishDate 2013
url https://doaj.org/article/c7b587f28ec04713b14f95199eb0eb62
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